PRINTER'S NO. 303
No. 299 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY GERLACH, TOMLINSON, COSTA, SCHWARTZ, WOZNIAK,
M. WHITE, THOMPSON, ARMSTRONG, WAUGH, O'PAKE, BELL, STACK,
CORMAN, EARLL, ROBBINS, BOSCOLA AND LOGAN, FEBRUARY 5, 2001
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 5, 2001
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," further providing for the meeting of election
12 officers on election day.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 1208(a) of the act of June 3, 1937
16 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is
17 amended to read:
18 Section 1208. Meeting of Election Officers on Day of
19 Election; Duties of Election Officers.--(a) The judges,
20 inspectors, clerks of election and machine inspectors, together
21 with the overseers, if any, shall meet in the respective places
22 appointed for holding the election in each election district at
1 least thirty minutes before the hour for opening the polls on
2 the day of each primary and election. They shall thereupon, in
3 the presence of each other, take and subscribe in duplicate to
4 the oaths required by this act. Persons working the second half
5 of election day shall take and subscribe to the required oath at
6 least thirty minutes before their shift begins.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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