PRINTER'S NO. 1624
No. 1357 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY ITKIN, RAPPAPORT, PRESTON, RYBAK, DUFFY, HALUSKA,
BLAUM, DAWIDA, PISTELLA, OLASZ, COWELL, PETRONE, KUKOVICH,
HARPER, MRKONIC, J. L. WRIGHT, DeLUCA, WOGAN, SEMMEL, GRUPPO,
FISCHER, COLAFELLA, CIMINI, McVERRY, BATTISTO, PIEVSKY,
VAN HORNE, DeWEESE AND MARMION, JULY 15, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 15, 1983
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," changing the date for the General primary in
12 1984.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 603 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
16 No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, amended
17 December 22, 1971 (P.L.613, No.165), is amended to read:
18 Section 603. General Primary; Candidates to Be Nominated and
19 Party Officers to Be Elected.--(a) There shall be a General
20 primary preceding each general election which shall be held on
21 the third Tuesday of May in all even-numbered years, except in
1 the year of the nomination of a President of the United States,
2 in which year the General primary shall be held on the fourth
3 Tuesday of April. Candidates for all offices to be filled at the
4 ensuing general election shall be nominated at the General
5 primary. The vote for candidates for the office of President of
6 the United States, as provided for by this act, shall be cast at
7 the General primary.
8 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the General primary for
9 1984 shall be held on April 10, 1984.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 1984.
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