PRINTER'S NO. 462
No. 419 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY McCUE, GLEASON, A. K. HUTCHINSON AND GEISLER,
FEBRUARY 11, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 11, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
2 "An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
3 special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
4 primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
5 and defining membership of county boards of elections;
6 imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
7 courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
8 imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
9 revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
10 repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
11 elections," further providing for application for absentee
12 voting.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 1302, act of June 3,
16 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the "Pennsylvania Election
17 Code," amended December 11, 1968 (P.L.1183, No.375), is amended
18 to read:
19 Section 1302. Applications for Official Absentee Ballots.--
20 (a) Any qualified elector defined in preceding section 1301,
21 subsections (a) to (h), inclusive, may apply at any time before
22 any primary or election for any official absentee ballot in
23 person, on any form supplied by the Federal Government, or on
1 any official county board of election form addressed to the
2 Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the county
3 board of election of the county in which his voting residence is
4 located. An application shall be issued only to an elector who
5 appears in person at the office of the county board of election
6 and signs for the application, or who, by mail, requests an
7 application with a written and signed communication, or on
8 application by the committee person of either party,
9 countersigned by the committee person of the other party from
10 the district wherein the voter resides. No more than one
11 application for an absentee ballot shall be issued to any
12 elector. A copy of the request for the application shall be kept
13 on record at the office of the county board of election.
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