PRINTER'S NO. 559
No. 516 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY LAVALLE, COSTA, MUSTO, RAFFERTY, FONTANA, BOSCOLA,
C. WILLIAMS, FERLO, HUGHES, KASUNIC, BROWNE, O'PAKE, EARLL,
FUMO, LOGAN, KITCHEN AND WOZNIAK, MARCH 19, 2007
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 19, 2007
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 general primaries,
12 nominations and party officers.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 603 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
16 No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, amended
17 November 24, 1999 (P.L.543, No.51), is amended to read:
18 Section 603. General Primary; Candidates to Be Nominated and
19 Party Officers to Be Elected.--(a) There shall be a General
20 primary preceding each general election which shall be held on
21 the third Tuesday of May in all even-numbered years, except in
22 the year of the nomination of a President of the United States,
1 in which year the General primary shall be held on the fourth
2 Tuesday of April. Candidates for all offices to be filled at the
3 ensuing general election shall be nominated at the General
4 primary. The vote for candidates for the office of President of
5 the United States, as provided for by this act, shall be cast at
6 the General primary.
7 (b.1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the General primary
8 for [2000] 2008 shall be held on [April 4, 2000] March 4, 2008;
9 and the General primary for 2012 shall be held on March 6, 2012.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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