Bill Information

An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, further providing for definitions, for powers and duties of the Secretary of the Commonwealth; providing for voting standards development board and State plan advisory board; further providing for qualifications of election officers and for vacancies in election boards; providing for the compensation of district election officers; further providing for district boundaries, for manner of signing nomination petitions, for nominations by political bodies, for placing the question on the ballot, for examination and approval of electronic voting systems by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, for experimental use of electronic voting system, for assistance in voting, for applications for official absentee ballots, for duties of common pleas court on days of primaries and elections; providing for creation of new election districts by court, for petitions for new election districts, for reference to county board of elections and report, for petitions by county board and action by court on petition or report, for creation, division, realignment or consolidation of wards in cities of the first class, for alterations after period of restriction, for Title III complaints; further providing for manner of applying to vote, for assistance in voting by certain absentee electors, for canvassing of official absentee ballots and for enforcement; providing for regulatory procedure; and making repeals.