PRINTER'S NO. 2958
No. 2294 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY JONES, FEBRUARY 27, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 27, 1980
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 29, 1937 (P.L.487, No.115), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act to provide for the permanent personal
3 registration of electors in cities of the second class,
4 cities of the second class A, cities of the third class,
5 boroughs, towns, and townships as a condition of their right
6 to vote at elections and primaries, and their enrollment as
7 members of political parties as a further condition of their
8 right to vote at primaries; prescribing certain procedure for
9 the conduct of elections and primaries and the challenge and
10 proof of qualifications of electors; requiring the county
11 commissioners of the various counties to act as a
12 registration commission therefor; and prescribing the powers
13 and duties of citizens, parties, political bodies,
14 registration commissions, commissioners, registrars,
15 inspectors of registration and other appointees of
16 registration commissions, county election boards, election
17 officers, municipal officers, departments and bureaus, police
18 officers, courts, judges, prothonotaries, sheriffs, county
19 commissioners, peace officers, county treasurers, county
20 controllers, registrars of vital statistics, certain public
21 utility corporations, real estate brokers, rental agents, and
22 boards of school directors; and imposing penalties,"
23 requiring the applicant's social security number on the
24 registration card.
25 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
26 hereby enacts as follows:
27 Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 18, act of April 29,
28 1937 (P.L.487, No.115), known as "The Permanent Registration Act
1 for Cities of the Second Class, Cities of the Second Class A,
2 Cities of the Third Class, Boroughs, Towns and Townships,"
3 reenacted and amended May 31, 1955 (P.L.62, No.32), amended July
4 1, 1976 (P.L.504, No.123), is amended to read:
5 Section 18. Manner of Registration.--
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7 (c) (1) The surname of the applicant; (2) his Christian
8 name or names; (3) his social security number; (4) the street or
9 road and number, if any, of his residence; (5) if his residence
10 is a portion only of the house, the location or number of the
11 room or rooms, apartment, flat or floor which he occupies; (6)
12 the date his residence in the district began; (7) his residence
13 address when he last registered, and the year of such
14 registration; (8) the sex of the applicant; (9) the color of the
15 applicant; (10) the state or territory of the United States, or
16 foreign country, where he was born; (13) whether he is unable,
17 by reason of illiteracy, to read the names on the ballot or on
18 the voting machine labels; (14) whether he has a physical
19 disability which will render him unable to see or mark the
20 ballot or operate the voting machine, or to enter the voting
21 compartment or voting machine booth, without assistance, and, if
22 so, his declaration of the fact and his statement of the exact
23 nature of such disability; (15) the designation of the political
24 party of the elector, for the purpose of voting at primaries;
25 (16) the affidavit of registration, which shall be signed by the
26 elector, attested by the signature of the registrar or clerk and
27 dated by him; (17) his height, in feet and inches; (18) the
28 color of his hair; (19) the color of his eyes; and (20) the date
29 of his birth. Each registration card shall also have a
30 sufficient number of spaces thereon for the insertion of--(21)
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1 the city of the second class, the city of the second class A,
2 the city of the third class, the borough, town, township, ward
3 and election district, if any, in which the elector resides and
4 to which he may from time to time remove, together with his
5 street address in each city of the second class, city of the
6 second class A, city of the third class, borough, town or
7 township, and the other data required to be given upon such
8 removal; (22) the date of each election and primary at which the
9 elector votes, the number and letter, if any, of the stub of the
10 ballot issued to him or his number in the order of admission to
11 the voting machines; and (23) the signature or initials of the
12 election officer who enters the record of voting on the card.
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14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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