PRINTER'S NO. 413
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
468
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, TEPLITZ, FONTANA, GORDNER, SCHWANK,
VANCE, BOSCOLA, WHITE, SCARNATI AND PILEGGI,
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 13, 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 preparation for conduct of primaries and
elections, further providing for the meeting of election
officers on election day.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1208(a) of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is
amended to read:
Section 1208. Meeting of Election Officers on Day of
Election; Duties of Election Officers.--(a) The judges,
inspectors, clerks of election and machine inspectors, together
with the overseers, if any, shall meet in the respective places
appointed for holding the election in each election district at
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least thirty minutes before the hour for opening the polls on
the day of each primary and election. They shall thereupon, in
the presence of each other, take and subscribe in duplicate to
the oaths required by this act. Persons working the second half
of election day shall take and subscribe to the required oath
before their shift begins.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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