PRINTER'S NO. 3557
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2407
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY EVERETT, RYAN, ZABEL, SCHMITT, ULLMAN, WEBSTER,
BOBACK, JAMES, MILLARD, PICKETT, STAATS, MENTZER, SCHWEYER,
DONATUCCI, DeLUCA AND ROZZI, APRIL 14, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 14, 2020
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 official absentee voters ballots; and, in
voting by qualified mail-in electors, further providing for
official mail-in elector ballots.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1303(e) and 1303-D(e) of the act of June
3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election
Code, amended March 27, 2020 (P.L. , No.12), are amended to
read:
Section 1303. Official Absentee Voters Ballots.--* * *
(e) The official absentee voter ballot shall state that an
elector who receives an absentee ballot pursuant to section 1301
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and whose voted ballot is not timely received by the commission
and who, on election day, is capable of voting at the
appropriate polling place may only vote on election day by
provisional ballot unless the elector brings the elector's
absentee ballot to the elector's polling place, remits the
ballot and the envelope containing the declaration of the
elector to the judge of elections to be spoiled and signs a
statement subject to the penalties under 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904
(relating to unsworn falsification to authorities) to the same
effect. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall prescribe the
text and the manner by which the notice under this subsection
shall be printed on a ballot.
Section 1303-D. Official mail-in elector ballots.
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(e) Notice.--The official mail-in voter ballot shall state
that a voter who receives a mail-in ballot under section 1301-D
and whose voted mail-in ballot is not timely received may only
vote on election day by provisional ballot unless the elector
brings the elector's mail-in ballot to the elector's polling
place, remits the ballot and the envelope containing the
declaration of the elector to the judge of elections to be
spoiled and signs a statement subject to the penalties of 18
Pa.C.S. § 4904 (relating to unsworn falsification to
authorities) to the same effect. The Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall prescribe the text and the manner by which
the notice under this subsection shall be printed on a ballot.
Section 2. The amendment of sections 1303(e) and 1303-D(e)
of the act shall apply to elections held on or after November 3,
2020.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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