PRINTER'S NO. 236
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
334
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, GREENLEAF, VANCE, TEPLITZ, FONTANA,
VULAKOVICH, BOSCOLA, SCHWANK, WOZNIAK, SMUCKER AND SMITH,
JANUARY 27, 2015
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 27, 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 voting by qualified absentee electors, further
providing for applications for official absentee ballots.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1302(e.1) of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
amended February 13, 1998 (P.L.72, No.18), is amended to read:
Section 1302. Applications for Official Absentee Ballots.--*
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(e.1) Any qualified registered elector, including any
qualified bedridden or hospitalized veteran, who is unable
because of illness or physical disability to attend his polling
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