PRINTER'S NO. 576
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
566
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY TOPPER, BERNSTINE, DUNBAR, METZGAR, MILLARD, PYLE,
RYAN, STAATS AND WHITE, FEBRUARY 25, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 25, 2019
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 voting by qualified absentee electors, further
providing for canvassing of official absentee ballots.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1308(d) of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is
amended to read:
Section 1308. Canvassing of Official Absentee Ballots.--* *
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(d) Whenever it shall appear by due proof that any absentee
elector who has returned his ballot in accordance with the
provisions of this act has died prior to the opening of the
polls on the day of the primary or election, the ballot of such
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deceased elector shall be [rejected] counted by the canvassers
[but the counting of the ballot of an elector thus deceased
shall not of itself invalidate any nomination or election].
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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