PRINTER'S NO. 978
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
864
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY IRVIN, PICKETT, TOPPER, KAUFFMAN, TOOHIL, JAMES,
MILLARD, ZIMMERMAN, BARRAR, BERNSTINE, HERSHEY, SAYLOR AND
STRUZZI, MARCH 18, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 18, 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 electronic voting systems, further providing
for examination and approval of electronic voting systems by
the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1105-A of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is
amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 1105-A. Examination and Approval of Electronic
Voting Systems by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.--* * *
(c.1) The Secretary of the Commonwealth may not revoke the
approval of an electronic voting system that includes an
apparatus in which paper ballots or ballot cards are used in
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connection with an implement by which a voter registers his
votes with ink or another substance so that the votes so
registered may be computed and tabulated by means of automatic
tabulating equipment.
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Section 2. The addition of section 1105-A(c.1) of the act
shall expire in four years.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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