PRINTER'S NO. 3875
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2563
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY QUINN, KINSEY, SOLOMON, SAPPEY, KENYATTA, HILL-
EVANS, NEILSON, ROZZI, RABB AND WARREN, MAY 28, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 28, 2020
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 emergency provisions for 2020 general primary
election, providing for required mailing of application for
official mail-in ballot.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known
as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 1804.1-B. Required mailing of application for official
mail-in ballot.
No later than seven days after the effective date of this
section, a county board of elections shall mail an application
for official mail-in ballot to each qualified elector under
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section 1301-D who voted in at least one of the last four
elections in this Commonwealth.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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