PRINTER'S NO. 327
No. 322 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY WAGNER, FEBRUARY 6, 2001
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 6, 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 date of the general
12 primary in years in which the President of the United States
13 is nominated.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. Section 603 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
17 No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, amended
18 November 24, 1999 (P.L.543, No.51), is amended to read:
19 Section 603. General Primary; Candidates to Be Nominated and
20 Party Officers to Be Elected.--(a) There shall be a General
21 primary preceding each general election which shall be held on
22 the third Tuesday of May in all even-numbered years, except in
23 the year of the nomination of a President of the United States,
1 in which year the General primary shall be held on the [fourth
2 Tuesday of April] second Tuesday of March. Candidates for all
3 offices to be filled at the ensuing general election shall be
4 nominated at the General primary. The vote for candidates for
5 the office of President of the United States, as provided for by
6 this act, shall be cast at the General primary.
7 (b.1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the General primary
8 for 2000 shall be held on April 4, 2000.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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