S0421B1292A03410 SFL:EJH 10/24/19 #90 A03410
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 421
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE BOYLE
Printer's No. 1292
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 1 through 32; page 2, lines 1
through 43; by striking out all of said lines on said pages and
inserting
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
conduct a study of straight party voting and the impact on
voters if the option is eliminated.
Amend Bill, page 2, lines 46 through 51; pages 3 through 97,
lines 1 through 30; page 98, lines 1 through 4; by striking out
all of said lines on said pages and inserting
Section 1. Study.
The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall study
straight party voting and the impact on voters if the option to
vote a straight party ticket is eliminated. In conducting the
study, the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall
examine all of the following:
(1) Whether eliminating the option will cause voter
confusion.
(2) Whether voter education on the issue of elimination
of the option is warranted.
(3) The impact that eliminating the option will have on
the length of time required to vote and whether eliminating
the option will lead to longer lines at polling places.
(4) Other issues that the General Assembly should
consider before eliminating the option to vote a straight
party ticket, currently available to voters under the act of
June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania
Election Code.
Section 2. Report.
The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall prepare a
report of its study and submit the report to the General
Assembly within six months of the effective date of this
section.
Section 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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