PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE PRINTER'S NO. 4131
No. 2692 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY JOSEPHS, KORTZ, BENNINGTON, COHEN, DePASQUALE, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GIBBONS, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, HANNA, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, JAMES, KING, KIRKLAND, McILVAINE SMITH, NICKOL, PERZEL, RAMALEY, SIPTROTH, SWANGER, THOMAS AND YOUNGBLOOD, JULY 1, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JULY 1, 2008
A JOINT RESOLUTION 1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth 2 of Pennsylvania, further providing for absentee voting. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby resolves as follows: 5 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of 6 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: 7 That section 14(a) of Article VII be amended to read: 8 § 14. Absentee voting. 9 (a) The Legislature shall, by general law, provide a manner 10 in which, and the time and place at which, qualified electors 11 may vote by mail, including, but not limited to, any military 12 elector, as defined by law, and qualified electors who may, on 13 the occurrence of any election, be absent from the municipality 14 of their residence, because their duties, occupation or business 15 require them to be elsewhere or who, on the occurrence of any 16 election, are unable to attend at their proper polling places
1 because of illness or physical disability or who will not attend 2 a polling place because of the observance of a religious holiday 3 or who cannot vote because of election day duties, in the case 4 of a county employee, may vote, and for the return and canvass 5 of their votes in the election district in which they 6 respectively reside. 7 * * * 8 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General 9 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the 10 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to 11 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article 12 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the 13 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in 14 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after 15 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. 16 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this 17 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the 18 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the 19 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the 20 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required 21 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such 22 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of 23 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the 24 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment 25 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first 26 primary, general or municipal election which meets the 27 requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article 28 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least 29 three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is 30 passed by the General Assembly. F18L83BIL/20080H2692B4131 - 2 -