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PRINTER'S NO. 4494
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2916
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BOYLE, OCTOBER 8, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 8, 2020
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 and
mail-in ballots.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1308(g)(1.1) of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
amended March 27, 2020 (P.L.41, No.12), is amended to read:
Section 1308. Canvassing of Official Absentee Ballots and
Mail-in Ballots.--* * *
(g) * * *
(1.1) The county board of elections shall meet [no earlier
than seven o'clock A.M. on] at least once before election day to
pre-canvass all ballots received prior to the meeting. T he
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county board of elections may complete the tasks specified under
paragraph (4)(i), (ii) and (iii) at any point during the period
beginning ten days before election day, including the day before
election day, if the board completes a pre-canvass of all
absentee ballots and mail-in ballots received prior to the
Friday before election day. A county board of elections shall
provide at least forty-eight hours' notice of a pre-canvass
meeting by publicly posting a notice of a pre-canvass meeting on
its publicly accessible Internet website. One authorized
representative of each candidate in an election and one
representative from each political party shall be permitted to
remain in the room in which the absentee ballots and mail-in
ballots are pre-canvassed. No person observing, attending or
participating in a pre-canvass meeting may disclose the results
of any portion of any pre-canvass meeting prior to the close of
the polls.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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