PRINTER'S NO. 2172
No. 1808 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, NAILOR, NOYE, TULLI, DEMPSEY, VROON,
S. H. SMITH, BLACK, MERRY, SCHULER, HERMAN, STRITTMATTER,
FOSTER, NICKOL, BUNT, BUSH, ALLEN, FARGO, ARMSTRONG,
CHADWICK, CLARK, DURHAM, ANDERSON, FAIRCHILD, RAYMOND,
BARLEY, GALLEN, HECKLER, HAGARTY, ADOLPH, BOYES, DENT, KING,
FARMER, BROWN, CIVERA, FOX, FLEAGLE, LEH, HERSHEY, JADLOWIEC,
LAWLESS, NYCE, D. W. SNYDER, SEMMEL, VANCE, PERZEL, TELEK,
STAIRS, GLADECK, LEE, PITTS, ULIANA, JOHNSON, E. Z. TAYLOR,
NAHILL, TOMLINSON AND REINARD, JUNE 28, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 28, 1991
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 the election of United
12 States Senators to fill unexpired terms.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 626 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
16 No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, amended August
17 13, 1963 (P.L.707, No.379), is amended to read:
18 Section 626. Special Elections for United States Senator;
19 Nominations.--Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of
1 United States Senator, said vacancy shall be filled for the
2 unexpired term by the vote of the electors of the State at a
3 special election to be held at the time of the next general or
4 municipal election, occurring at least ninety (90) days after
5 the happening of such vacancy, and it shall be the duty of the
6 Governor to issue writs of election to the various county boards
7 of elections and to the Secretary of the Commonwealth within ten
8 (10) days after the happening of said vacancy. Candidates to
9 fill vacancies in the office of United States Senator shall be
10 nominated by political parties[, in accordance with the party
11 rules relating to the filling of vacancies, by means of
12 nomination certificates, in the form prescribed in section 630
13 of this act] at a primary election occurring at least thirty
14 (30) days but not more than sixty (60) days after the happening
15 of the vacancy; and by political bodies, by means of nomination
16 papers, in accordance with the provisions of sections 951, 952
17 and 954 of this act. [Said nomination certificates and] The
18 Governor shall establish a date for the primary election and
19 issue writs for the primary election contemporaneously with the
20 issuance of writs for the election. Said nomination papers shall
21 be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth at
22 least sixty (60) days prior to the date of said special
23 election. Until such time as said vacancy shall be filled by an
24 election as herein provided, the Governor of the Commonwealth
25 may make a temporary appointment to fill said vacancy.
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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