PRINTER'S NO. 1926
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1704
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY DAVIDSON AND SANCHEZ, JUNE 24, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 24, 2021
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 preliminary provisions, further providing for
definitions; and, in voting by qualified absentee electors,
further providing for canvassing of official absentee ballots
and mail-in ballots.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 102(a.1) and (q.1) and 1308(a), (d) and
(g)(1), (1.1), (2), (3) and (4) of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
amended or added March 27, 2020 (P.L.41, No.12), are amended to
read:
Section 102. Definitions.--The following words, when used in
this act, shall have the following meanings, unless otherwise
clearly apparent from the context:
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