SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 429 PRINTER'S NO. 2633
No. 391 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY MR. PIEVSKY, MARCH 1, 1977
SENATOR McKINNEY, STATE GOVERNMENT, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
FEBRUARY 22, 1978
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
2 "An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
3 special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
4 primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
5 and defining membership of county boards of elections;
6 imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
7 courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
8 imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
9 revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
10 repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
11 elections," REMOVING THE CANDIDATES COUNTY OF RESIDENCE <--
12 DESIGNATION FROM BALLOTS AND providing for the appropriation
13 of funds to meet the expense of publishing constitutional
14 amendments in accordance with Article XI of the Constitution
15 of Pennsylvania.
16 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
17 hereby enacts as follows:
18 Section 1. The SUBSECTION (B) OF SECTION 1002, act of June <--
19 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the "Pennsylvania Election
20 Code," is amended by adding a section AMENDED DECEMBER 2, 1976 <--
21 (P.L.1221, NO.269), IS AMENDED to read:
22 SECTION 1002. FORM OF OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT.--* * * <--
23 (B) ON THE BACK OF EACH BALLOT SHALL BE PRINTED IN PROMINENT
24 TYPE THE WORDS "OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT OF ........PARTY FOR"
1 FOLLOWED BY THE DESIGNATION OF THE ELECTION DISTRICT FOR WHICH
2 IT IS PREPARED, THE DATE OF THE PRIMARY AND THE FACSIMILE
3 SIGNATURES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THE
4 NAMES OF CANDIDATES SHALL IN ALL CASES BE ARRANGED UNDER THE
5 TITLE OF THE OFFICE FOR WHICH THEY ARE CANDIDATES, AND BE
6 PRINTED THEREUNDER IN THE ORDER DETERMINED BY THE CASTING OF
7 LOTS AS PROVIDED BY THIS ACT. UNDER THE TITLE OF SUCH OFFICES
8 WHERE MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE IS TO BE VOTED FOR, SHALL BE
9 PRINTED "VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ........" (THE BLANK SPACE TO
10 INDICATE THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES TO BE VOTED FOR THE PARTICULAR
11 OFFICE.) AT THE RIGHT OF THE NAME OF EACH CANDIDATE THERE SHALL
12 BE A SQUARE OF SUFFICIENT SIZE FOR THE CONVENIENT INSERTION OF A
13 CROSS (X) OR CHECK ( ) MARK. THERE SHALL BE LEFT AT THE END OF
14 THE LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR EACH OFFICE (OR UNDER THE TITLE OF
15 THE OFFICE ITSELF IN CASE THERE BE NO CANDIDATES WHO HAVE FILED
16 NOMINATION PETITIONS THEREFOR) AS MANY BLANK SPACES AS THERE ARE
17 PERSONS TO BE VOTED FOR, FOR SUCH OFFICE, IN WHICH SPACE THE
18 ELECTOR MAY INSERT THE NAME OF ANY PERSON WHOSE NAME IS NOT
19 PRINTED ON THE BALLOT AS A CANDIDATE FOR SUCH OFFICE. OPPOSITE
20 [OR UNDER THE NAME OF EACH CANDIDATE, EXCEPT CANDIDATES FOR THE
21 OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANDIDATES FOR
22 DELEGATE OR ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO A NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTION,
23 WHO IS TO BE VOTED FOR BY THE ELECTORS OF MORE THAN ONE COUNTY,
24 SHALL BE PRINTED THE NAME OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH CANDIDATE
25 RESIDES; AND OPPOSITE] OR UNDER THE NAME OF EACH CANDIDATE
26 EXCEPT CANDIDATES FOR DELEGATE OR ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO A
27 NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTION WHO IS TO BE VOTED FOR BY THE ELECTORS
28 OF AN ENTIRE COUNTY OR ANY CONGRESSIONAL, SENATORIAL OR
29 REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT WITHIN THE COUNTY, SHALL BE PRINTED THE
30 NAME OF THE CITY, BOROUGH, TOWNSHIP OR WARD, AS THE CASE MAY BE,
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1 IN WHICH SUCH CANDIDATE RESIDES.
2 * * *
3 SECTION 2. THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ:
4 Section 1201.2. Publishing Constitutional Amendments.--In
5 accordance with the requirements of section 1 of Article XI of
6 the Constitution of Pennsylvania, the Secretary of the
7 Commonwealth shall cause to have published in the manner
8 prescribed all proposed amendments to the Constitution of
9 Pennsylvania upon which the electorate will vote in the
10 following election. As much of the money, from time to time, in
11 the General Fund as shall be deemed necessary by the Governor is
12 hereby appropriated to the Department of State to pay the costs
13 of such publications.
14 Section 2 3. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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