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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 12, 2022 01:53 PM |
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| From: | Senator Wayne Langerholc, Jr. |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Ensuring Election Fairness |
| In the near future, I plan to re-introduce legislation (SB 1292) to amend the Election Code to prohibit a member of a county board of elections from serving as a State party officer of a political party. Our election process prescribes very specific roles for a State party officer of a political party and a member of a county board of elections. These roles are diametrically opposed as each furthers a quantifiable motive. State party officers further the interests of respective candidates, while members of election boards must ensure all eligible voters have the opportunity to vote. Being a State party officer while serving as a member of a county board of elections is a clear conflict of interest and will cast doubt on the electoral process. This legislation will protect our elections. This legislation unanimously passed the Senate State Government Committee. Previous co-sponsors to this legislation were: Pittman, Bartolotta, Hutchinson, Stefano, Laughlin, and Vogel. Please join me in co-sponsoring this common-sense, good government piece of legislation. |
Introduced as SB127