PRINTER'S NO. 1930
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1706
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY SNYDER, LONGIETTI, SAPPEY, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN,
A. DAVIS, HARKINS, N. NELSON, GUENST AND DELLOSO,
JUNE 25, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 25, 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 voting by qualified absentee electors, further
providing for date of application for absentee ballot and for
canvassing of official absentee ballots and mail-in ballots;
and, in voting by qualified mail-in electors, further
providing for date of application for mail-in ballot.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1302.1(a) and (a.3)(1) and (2) of the act
of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania
Election Code, are amended to read:
Section 1302.1. Date of Application for Absentee Ballot.--
(a) Except as provided in subsection (a.3), applications for
absentee ballots shall be received in the office of the county
board of elections not earlier than fifty (50) days before the
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