PRINTER'S NO. 1572
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1139
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WARD, TEPLITZ AND HAYWOOD, MARCH 4, 2016
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 4, 2016
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 county boards of elections, further providing
for powers and duties of county boards; in qualifications of
electors, further providing for qualifications of electors at
primaries; in party organization, further providing for only
enrolled electors to vote at primaries or hold party offices;
and, in nomination of candidates, further providing for
candidates to be nominated and party officers to be elected
at primaries.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 302(m) of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
amended October 8, 2004 (P.L.807, No.97), is amended and the
section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 302. Powers and Duties of County Boards.--The county
boards of elections, within their respective counties, shall
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