THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY PASHINSKI, BARBIN, BISHOP, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, V. BROWN, BROWNLEE, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, CRUZ, DALEY, DAVIDSON, DEAN, DEASY, DeLUCA, DERMODY, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GERGELY, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, HALUSKA, HARKINS, HORNAMAN, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, KOTIK, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MANN, MARKOSEK, MATZIE, McGEEHAN, MUNDY, MURT, NEILSON, M. O'BRIEN, PARKER, PAYTON, RAVENSTAHL, SABATINA, SAINATO, SANTARSIERO, SANTONI, SCHMOTZER, K. SMITH, STABACK, STURLA, THOMAS, VITALI, WATERS, WILLIAMS AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 22, 2012

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 22, 2012  

AN ACT

Amending the act of March 14, 2012 (P.L.195, No.18), entitled

"An act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320),

entitled 'An act concerning elections, including general,

municipal, special and primary elections, the nomination of

candidates, primary and election expenses and election

contests; creating and defining membership of county boards

of elections; imposing duties upon the Secretary of the

Commonwealth, courts, county boards of elections, county

commissioners; imposing penalties for violation of the act,

and codifying, revising and consolidating the laws relating

thereto; and repealing certain acts and parts of acts

relating to elections,' in preliminary provisions, defining

"proof of identification"; in the Secretary of the

Commonwealth, providing for requirements relating to voter

identification; in preparation for and conduct of primaries

and elections, further providing for manner of applying to

vote, persons entitled to vote, voter's certificates, entries

to be made in district register, numbered lists of voters and

challenges; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further

providing for applications for official absentee ballots, for

approval of application for absentee ballot, for delivering

or mailing ballots, for canvassing of official absentee

ballots and for public records; and providing for enforcement

and for a special procedure at certain elections," further

providing for applicability. 

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 11 of the act of March 14, 2012, P.L.195,

No.18), entitled "An act amending the act of June 3, 1937

(P.L.1333, No.320), entitled 'An act concerning elections,

including general, municipal, special and primary elections, the

nomination of candidates, primary and election expenses and

election contests; creating and defining membership of county

boards of elections; imposing duties upon the Secretary of the

Commonwealth, courts, county boards of elections, county

commissioners; imposing penalties for violation of the act, and

codifying, revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto;

and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to

elections,' in preliminary provisions, defining "proof of

identification"; in the Secretary of the Commonwealth, providing

for requirements relating to voter identification; in

preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, further

providing for manner of applying to vote, persons entitled to

vote, voter's certificates, entries to be made in district

register, numbered lists of voters and challenges; in voting by

qualified absentee electors, further providing for applications

for official absentee ballots, for approval of application for

absentee ballot, for delivering or mailing ballots, for

canvassing of official absentee ballots and for public records;

and providing for enforcement and for a special procedure at

certain elections," is amended to read:   

Section 11.  The amendment of sections 102, 1210, 1302,

1302.2, 1305, 1308 and 1309 of the act shall apply to elections

held on or after [September 17, 2012] November 8, 2016.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.