PRINTER'S NO. 4588
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2954
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BOYLE, OCTOBER 27, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 27, 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 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; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further
providing for date of application for absentee ballot, for
envelopes for official absentee ballots, for voting by
absentee electors, for certain electors voting in districts
of residence and for canvassing of official absentee ballots
and mail-in ballots; in voting by qualified mail-in electors,
further providing for envelopes for official mail in ballots
and for voting by mail-in electors; and, in penalties,
further providing for forging and destroying ballots.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1210(a.4)(3) and (5)(ii)(C) and
1302.1(a.3)(4) and (6) of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, amended
October 31, 2019 (P.L.552, No.77), are amended to read:
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