PRINTER'S NO. 3481
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2311
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY CORR, BERNSTINE, CALTAGIRONE, CORBIN, GILLESPIE,
GODSHALL, HILL-EVANS, JAMES, MARSHALL, McGINNIS AND M. QUINN,
MAY 2, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 2, 2018
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 dates of elections and primaries and special
elections, further providing for affidavits of candidates;
and, in nomination of candidates, further providing for
affidavits of candidates.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 630.1, 910 and 981.1 of the act of June
3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election
Code, are amended to read:
Section 630.1. Affidavits of Candidates.--Each candidate for
any State, county, city, borough, incorporated town, township,
school district or poor district office, or for the office of
United States Senator or Representative in Congress, selected as
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provided in section 630 of this act, shall file with the
nomination certificate an affidavit stating--(a) his residence,
with street and number, if any, and his post-office address; (b)
his election district, giving city, borough, town or township;
(c) the name of the office for which he consents to be a
candidate; (d) that he is eligible for such office; (e) that he
will not knowingly violate any provision of this act, or of any
law regulating and limiting election expenses and prohibiting
corrupt practices in connection therewith; (f) unless he is a
candidate for judge of a court of common pleas, the Philadelphia
Municipal Court or the Traffic Court of Philadelphia, or for the
office of school board in a district where that office is
elective or for the office of justice of the peace, that he is
not a candidate for the same office of any party or political
body other than the one designated in such certificate; (g) that
he is aware of the provisions of section 1626 of this act
requiring election and post-election reporting of campaign
contributions and expenditures; [and] (h) that he is not a
candidate for an office which he already holds, the term of
which is not set to expire in the same year as the office
subject to the affidavit[.]; and (i) that he is not a candidate
for nomination for any other public office.
Section 910. Affidavits of Candidates.--Each candidate for
any State, county, city, borough, incorporated town, township,
ward, school district, poor district, election district, party
office, party delegate or alternate, or for the office of United
States Senator or Representative in Congress, shall file with
his nomination petition his affidavit stating--(a) his
residence, with street and number, if any, and his post-office
address; (b) his election district, giving city, borough, town
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or township; (c) the name of the office for which he consents to
be a candidate; (d) that he is eligible for such office; (e)
that he will not knowingly violate any provision of this act, or
of any law regulating and limiting nomination and election
expenses and prohibiting corrupt practices in connection
therewith; (f) unless he is a candidate for judge of a court of
common pleas, the Philadelphia Municipal Court or the Traffic
Court of Philadelphia, or for the office of school director in a
district where that office is elective or for the office of
justice of the peace that he is not a candidate for nomination
for the same office of any party other than the one designated
in such petition; (g) if he is a candidate for a delegate, or
alternate delegate, member of State committee, National
committee or party officer, that he is a registered and enrolled
member of the designated party; (h) if he is a candidate for
delegate or alternate delegate the presidential candidate to
whom he is committed or the term "uncommitted"; (i) that he is
aware of the provisions of section 1626 of this act requiring
pre-election and post-election reporting of campaign
contributions and expenditures; [and] (j) that he is not a
candidate for an office which he already holds, the term of
which is not set to expire in the same year as the office
subject to the affidavit[.]; and (k) that he is not a candidate
for nomination for any other public office. In cases of
petitions for delegate and alternate delegate to National
conventions, the candidate's affidavit shall state that his
signature to the delegate's statement, as hereinafter set forth,
if such statement is signed by said candidate, was affixed to
the sheet or sheets of said petition prior to the circulation of
same. In the case of a candidate for nomination as President of
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the United States, it shall not be necessary for such candidate
to file the affidavit required in this section to be filed by
candidates, but the post-office address of such candidate shall
be stated in such nomination petition.
Section 981.1. Affidavits of Candidates.--Each candidate for
any State, county, city, borough, incorporated town, township,
ward, school district, poor district or election district
office, or for the office of United States Senator or
Representative in Congress, selected as provided in sections 979
and 980 of this act, shall file with the substituted nomination
certificate an affidavit stating--(a) his residence, with street
and number, if any, and his post-office address; (b) his
election district, giving city, borough, town or township; (c)
the name of the office for which he consents to be a candidate;
(d) that he is eligible for such office; (e) that he will not
knowingly violate any provision of this act, or of any law
regulating and limiting election expenses and prohibiting
corrupt practices in connection therewith; (f) unless he is a
candidate for judge of a court of common pleas, the Philadelphia
Municipal Court or the Traffic Court of Philadelphia, or for the
office of school board in a district where that office is
elective or for the office of justice of the peace, that he is
not a candidate for the same office of any party or political
body other than the one designated in such certificate; (g) that
he is aware of the provisions of section 1626 of this act
requiring election and post-election reporting of campaign
contributions and expenditures; [and] (h) that he is not a
candidate for an office which he already holds, the term of
which is not set to expire in the same year as the office
subject to the affidavit[.]; and (i) that he is not a candidate
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for nomination for any other public office.
Section 2. This act shall apply to elections held on or
after January 1, 2019.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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