PRINTER'S NO. 1872
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1493
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SIMS, GOODMAN, DERMODY, ULLMAN, DONATUCCI,
SCHLOSSBERG, STURLA, IRVIN, A. DAVIS, BERNSTINE, McNEILL,
KORTZ, RABB, MURT, CALTAGIRONE, KINSEY, SHUSTERMAN, READSHAW,
MULLINS, YOUNGBLOOD, HILL-EVANS, DAVIDSON, McCLINTON,
SOLOMON, KULIK, MATZIE, ISAACSON, DEASY, FRANKEL, DRISCOLL,
CIRESI, NEILSON, WARREN, WEBSTER, SCHWEYER, DALEY, WARNER,
HANBIDGE, KENYATTA, OTTEN, DAWKINS AND MADDEN, MAY 22, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 22, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 25 (Elections) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in voting procedures, further providing for
application for absentee ballots.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3302(a) of Title 25 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding subsections to read:
ยง 3302. Application for absentee ballots.
(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding the provisions of Part IV
(relating to voter registration) or the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, the
following persons may make application for an absentee ballot by
sending a letter or other signed document to or by appearing in
person in accordance with subsection (e) at the county board of
elections in the county in which the person's voting address is
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