H1300B1760A01871 DMS:CDM 06/18/21 #90 A01871
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1300 (As amended by A01755)
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE LONGIETTI
Printer's No. 1760
Amend Bill, page 6, lines 13 through 15 (A01755), by striking
out all of said lines and inserting
Amend Bill, page 87, line 1, by inserting after "1302.1(a)"
and (a.3)(1) and (2)
Amend Bill, page 89, line 12, by striking out "second Monday"
and inserting
fifteenth day
Amend Bill, page 89, by inserting between lines 13 and 14
(a.3) (1) The following categories of electors may apply
for an absentee ballot under this subsection, if otherwise
qualified:
(i) An elector whose physical disability or illness
prevented the elector from applying for an absentee ballot
before five o'clock P.M. on the [first Tuesday] fifteenth day
prior to the day of the primary or election.
(ii) An elector who, because of the elector's business,
duties or occupation, was unable to apply for an absentee ballot
before five o'clock P.M. on the [first Tuesday] fifteenth day
prior to the day of the primary or election.
(iii) An elector who becomes so physically disabled or ill
after five o'clock P.M. on the [first Tuesday] fifteenth day
prior to the day of the primary or election that the elector is
unable to appear at the polling place on the day of the primary
or election.
(iv) An elector who, because of the conduct of the elector's
business, duties or occupation, will necessarily be absent from
the elector's municipality of residence on the day of the
primary or election, which fact was not and could not reasonably
be known to the elector on or before five o'clock P.M. on the
[first Tuesday] fifteenth day prior to the day of the primary or
election.
(2) An elector described in paragraph (1) may submit an
application for an absentee ballot at any time up until the time
of the closing of the polls on the day of the primary or
election. The application shall include a declaration describing
the circumstances that prevented the elector from applying for
an absentee ballot before five o'clock P.M. on the [first
Tuesday] fifteenth day prior to the day of the primary or
2021/90DMS/HB1300A01871 - 1 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
election or that prevent the elector from appearing at the
polling place on the day of the primary or election, and the
elector's qualifications under paragraph (1). The declaration
shall be made subject to the provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. ยง 4904
(relating to unsworn falsification to authorities).
Amend Bill, page 7, lines 5 through 7 (A01755), by striking
out all of said lines and inserting
Amend Bill, page 96, line 18, by striking out the bracket
before "no"
Amend Bill, page 96, line 19, by inserting a bracket before
"seven"
Amend Bill, page 96, lines 19 through 21, by striking out "at
least twice , including at nine " in line 19, all of line 20 and
"first Saturday" in line 21 and inserting
twenty-one (21) days
Amend Bill, page 8, lines 7 through 9 (A01755), by striking
out all of said lines and inserting
Amend Bill, page 104, line 23, by striking out "second
Monday" and inserting
fifteenth day
2021/90DMS/HB1300A01871 - 2 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20