PRINTER'S NO. 2648
No. 1916 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY JAMES, M. O'BRIEN, YOUNGBLOOD, GEORGE, BELFANTI,
BLACKWELL, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, DePASQUALE, FRANKEL,
GIBBONS, HENNESSEY, KULA, LONGIETTI, MURT, PARKER, PETRONE,
RAMALEY, SHIMKUS, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, STURLA, SURRA, WANSACZ,
WHEATLEY, J. WHITE AND WILLIAMS, OCTOBER 16, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 16, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 25 (Elections) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for application by mail relating
3 to registration.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1324(a) of Title 25 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1324. Application by mail.
9 (a) General rule.--An application to register to vote or to
10 change party enrollment or name or address on a current
11 registration may be submitted by voter registration mail
12 application in the manner set forth in this section. An
13 application may be submitted by mail or by representative to the
14 commission on an official mail registration application, the
15 form of which shall be determined and prescribed by the
16 secretary or the Federal Election Commission pursuant to the
17 National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-31, 42
1 U.S.C. § 1973gg et seq.). The commission shall provide prepaid
2 postage for the applications to be submitted by mail to the
3 commission. The applicant must complete the information required
4 on the registration application and sign the registration
5 declaration.
6 * * *
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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