PRINTER'S NO. 2847
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2433
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY ROTHMAN, BERNSTINE, PICKETT, BROOKS, M. MACKENZIE,
HAMM, GROVE, SAYLOR, STAMBAUGH, COOK, MOUL, MENTZER, LEWIS,
RADER, DOWLING, SHUSTERMAN, JOZWIAK, R. MACKENZIE, FRITZ,
E. NELSON AND PENNYCUICK, MARCH 17, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 17, 2022
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 canvassing of official absentee ballots and
mail-in ballots.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1308(g)(2) of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
amended March 27, 2020 (P.L.41, No.12), is amended to read:
Section 1308. Canvassing of Official Absentee Ballots and
Mail-in Ballots.--* * *
(g) * * *
(2) The county board of elections shall meet no earlier than
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the [close] opening of polls on the day of the election and no
later than the [third day following] close of polls on the day
of the election to begin canvassing absentee ballots and mail-in
ballots [not included in the pre-canvass meeting]. The meeting
under this paragraph shall continue until all absentee ballots
and mail-in ballots received prior to the close of the polls
have been canvassed. The county board of elections shall not
record or publish any votes reflected on the ballots prior to
the close of the polls. The canvass process shall continue
through the eighth day following the election for valid
military-overseas ballots timely received under 25 Pa.C.S. ยง
3511 (relating to receipt of voted ballot). A county board of
elections shall provide at least forty-eight hours' notice of a
canvass meeting by publicly posting a notice on its publicly
accessible Internet website. One authorized representative of
each candidate in an election and one representative from each
political party shall be permitted to remain in the room in
which the absentee ballots and mail-in ballots are canvassed.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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