PRINTER'S NO. 1524
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1179
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, GABLER, GIBBONS, HEFFLEY, KRIEGER,
LONGIETTI, McNEILL, MURT AND ROZZI, MAY 11, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MAY 11, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
"An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
and defining membership of county boards of elections;
imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
elections," in district election officers, further providing
for qualifications of election officers and for vacancies in
election boards.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 402(a) of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
amended December 9, 2002 (P.L.1246, No.150), is amended to read:
Section 402. Qualifications of Election Officers.--(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) and section 405(a.2) and
(c), election officers shall be qualified registered electors of
the district in which they are elected or appointed. No person
shall be qualified to serve as an election officer who shall
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hold, or shall within two months have held, any office,
appointment or employment in or under the Government of the
United States or of this State or of any city or county or poor
district, of any municipal board, commission or trust in any
city, save only district justices, notaries public and persons
in the militia service of the State; nor shall any election
officer be eligible to any civil office to be voted for at a
primary or election at which he shall serve, except that of an
election officer.
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Section 2. Section 405 of the act is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Section 405. Vacancies in Election Boards; Appointment;
Judge and Majority Inspector to Be Members of Majority Party;
Minority Inspector to Be Member of Minority Party.--* * *
(a.2) A vacancy in the office of minority inspector may be
filled by a qualified registered elector of the county in which
the election district is located.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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