PRINTER'S NO. 2011
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1579
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY WHEELAND, RYAN, TOPPER, STAATS, MILLARD, MOUL,
MACKENZIE, KAUFFMAN, BERNSTINE, SAYLOR, SIMMONS, EVERETT,
DIAMOND, DUSH, BROOKS, RADER, JONES, M. K. KELLER, BOROWICZ,
GROVE, JOZWIAK AND ROTHMAN, JUNE 5, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 5, 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 preliminary provisions, further providing for
definitions; in the Secretary of the Commonwealth, further
providing for requirements relating to voter identification;
and, in preparation for and conduct of primaries and
elections, further providing for manner of applying to vote,
persons entitled to vote, voter's certificates, entries to be
made in district register, numbered lists of voters and
challenges.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 102(z.5) of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is
amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to
read:
Section 102. Definitions.--The following words, when used in
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