PRINTER'S NO. 1342
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1111
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY COX, BARRAR, DeLUCA, DRISCOLL, MILLARD, RADER AND
ULLMAN, APRIL 9, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 9, 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 district election officers, further providing
for instruction of election officers in voting machine
districts and unqualified officers not to serve; in ballots,
further providing for number of ballots to be printed and
specimen ballots; and, in electronic voting systems, further
providing for requirements of electronic voting systems.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 414 and 1007 of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, are
amended to read:
Section 414. Instruction of Election Officers in Voting
Machine Districts; Unqualified Officers Not to Serve.--In
districts in which voting machines are to be used, the county
board of elections, or the custodians appointed by them, shall
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instruct in the use of the machines, and in their duties in
connection therewith, all judges and inspectors of election and
machine inspectors who are to serve at the primary or election,
and who have not been previously instructed and found qualified,
and they shall give to each judge, inspector and machine
inspector, who has received such instruction and is found
qualified to conduct such primary or election with the voting
machine, a certificate to that effect. For the purpose of giving
such instructions, the county boards shall call such meeting or
meetings of election officers as shall be necessary. Each judge,
inspector and machine inspector shall, upon notice, attend such
meeting or meetings called for his instruction and receive such
instruction as shall be necessary for the proper conduct of the
primary or election with voting machines, and, as compensation
for the time spent in receiving such instruction, each judge,
inspector and machine inspector who shall qualify for and serve
at such primary or election, shall receive the sum of [five
($5.00)] at least twenty ($20.00) dollars, to be paid to him at
the same time and in the same manner as compensation is paid to
him for his services on election day. No judge, inspector or
machine inspector shall serve at any primary or election at
which a voting machine is used, unless he shall have received
such instructions, shall have been found qualified to perform
his duties in connection with the machine, and shall have
received a certificate to that effect from the county board or
one of the custodians appointed by them: Provided, however, That
this shall not prevent the appointment of a judge or inspector
of election or machine inspector to fill a vacancy arising on
the day of election or on the preceding day.
Section 1007. Number of Ballots to Be Printed; Specimen
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Ballots.--The county board of each county shall provide for each
election district in which a paper ballot is used in a primary
[is] or election to be held, [one book of fifty official ballots
of each party for every forty-five registered and enrolled
electors of such party and fraction thereof, appearing upon the
district register,] a supply of official ballots equal to ten
per centum more than the greatest number of ballots cast in
the prior three comparable elections in the election district
and shall provide for each election district in which an
election is to be held one book of fifty official ballots for
every forty-five registered electors and fraction thereof
appearing upon the district register. They shall also, in
addition to the number of ballots required to be printed for
general distribution, maintain a sufficient supply of such
ballots at the office of the county board for the use of
absentee electors and for the use of any district, the ballots
for which may be lost, destroyed or stolen. They shall also
cause to be printed on tinted paper, and without the facsimile
endorsements, permanent binding or stubs, copies of the form of
ballots provided for each polling place at each primary or
election therein, which shall be called specimen ballots, and
which shall be of the same size and form as the official
ballots, and at each election they shall deliver to the election
officers, in addition to the official ballots to be used at such
election, a suitable supply of specimen ballots for the use of
the electors. At each primary, a suitable supply of specimen
ballots of each party shall be furnished.
Section 2. Section 1107-A of the act is amended by adding a
clause to read:
Section 1107-A. Requirements of Electronic Voting Systems.--
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No electronic voting system shall, upon any examination or
reexamination, be approved by the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
or by any examiner appointed by him, unless it shall be
established that such system, at the time of such examination or
reexamination:
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(18) Provides for reasonable measures consistent with
established standards to prevent unauthorized physical or
electronic access to the voting system.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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