PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 1938
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1717
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, BOROWICZ, GREINER, KEEFER, RYAN AND
SMITH, JUNE 28, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 28, 2021
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for method of elections
and secrecy in voting.
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 4 of Article VII be amended to read:
ยง 4. Method of elections; secrecy in voting.
[All] E xcept as permitted by absentee ballot under section 14
of this article, all elections by the citizens shall be by
ballot [or by such other method as may be prescribed by law:]
cast in person by electors at their polling place, including
early in-person voting, as prescribed by law: Provided, That
secrecy in voting be preserved.
Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
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