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PRINTER'S NO. 1349
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1269
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, KENYATTA, MALAGARI, SANCHEZ, N. NELSON,
SCHLOSSBERG, KINSEY, GALLOWAY, HILL-EVANS, CIRESI, ISAACSON
AND NEILSON, APRIL 23, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 23, 2021
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for disqualifications for
service as election officer.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That section 12 of Article VII be amended to read:
ยง 12. Disqualifications for service as election officer.
No persons shall be qualified to serve as an election officer
who shall hold, or shall within two months have held any
office[,] or appointment [or employment] in or under the
government of the United States, or of this State, or of any
city, or county, or of any municipal board, commission or trust
in any city, save only notaries public and persons in the
National Guard or in a reserve component of the armed forces of
the United States; nor shall any election officer be eligible to
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