PRINTER'S NO. 1254
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
966
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY SCHWANK, FONTANA, BREWSTER, PHILLIPS-HILL, HUGHES,
COSTA AND CAPPELLETTI, DECEMBER 1, 2021
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 1, 2021
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 ballots, further providing for form of
official primary ballot and for form of official election
ballot.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1002(b) and 1003(d) of the act of June
3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election
Code, is amended to read:
Section 1002. Form of Official Primary Ballot.--* * *
(b) On the back of each ballot shall be printed in prominent
type the words "OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT OF ........PARTY FOR"
followed by the designation of the election district for which
it is prepared, the date of the primary and the facsimile
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signatures of the members of the county board of elections. The
names of candidates shall in all cases be arranged under the
title of the office for which they are candidates, and be
printed thereunder in the order determined by the casting of
lots as provided by this act. Under the title of such offices
where more than one candidate is to be voted for, shall be
printed "Vote for not more than ........" (the blank space to
indicate the number of candidates to be voted for the particular
office.) At the right of the name of each candidate there shall
be a square of sufficient size for the convenient insertion of a
cross (x) or check () mark. There shall be left at the end of
the list of candidates for each office (or under the title of
the office itself in case there be no candidates who have filed
nomination petitions therefor) as many blank spaces as there are
persons to be voted for, for such office, in which space the
elector may insert, by writing or stamping, the name of any
person whose name is not printed on the ballot as a candidate
for such office. Opposite or under the name of each candidate,
except candidates for the office of President of the United
States and candidates for delegate or alternate delegate to a
National Party Convention, who is to be voted for by the
electors of more than one county, shall be printed the name of
the county in which such candidate resides; and opposite or
under the name of each candidate except candidates for delegate
or alternate delegate to a National Party Convention who is to
be voted for by the electors of an entire county or any
congressional, senatorial or representative district within the
county, shall be printed the name of the city, borough, township
or ward, as the case may be, in which such candidate resides. If
a candidate runs for more than one nomination for the same
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office, opposite or under the name of that candidate shall be
printed "Running as ........" (the blank space to indicate the
party for which that primary ballot is prepared); and opposite
or under the name of that candidate shall be printed either
"Registered ........" (the blank space to indicate the party of
which the candidate is a registered and enrolled member as
provided on the candidate's Pennsylvania voter registration
application) or, as the case may be, "Registered 'None/No Party
Affiliation'" to indicate that the candidate has no party
affiliation as provided on the candidate's voter registration
application.
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Section 1003. Form of Official Election Ballot.--
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(d) Whenever any candidate shall receive more than one
nomination for the same office, his name shall be printed once,
and the names of each political party so nominating him shall be
printed opposite the name of such candidate, arranged in the
same order as candidates names are required to be arranged.
Under the name of each political party so nominating the
candidate shall be printed either "Registered ........" (the
blank space to indicate the party of which the candidate is a
registered and enrolled member as provided on the candidate's
Pennsylvania voter registration application) or, as the case may
be, "Registered 'None/No Party Affiliation'" to indicate that
the candidate has no party affiliation as provided on the
candidate's voter registration application. At the right of all
the party names or appellation shall be a single square of
sufficient size for the convenient insertion of a cross (X) or
check ( ) mark.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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