PRINTER'S NO. 433
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
470
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY CARROLL, RABB, SANCHEZ, ZABEL, BRIGGS, McNEILL,
PASHINSKI AND DeLUCA, FEBRUARY 9, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 9, 2021
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 deadline for receipt of
valid voter registration application; 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 and for canvassing
of official absentee ballots and mail-in ballots and
providing for prohibition on absentee ballot curing; and, in
voting by qualified mail-in electors, further providing for
date of application for mail-in ballot, for envelopes for
official mail-in ballots and for voting by mail-in electors
and providing for prohibition on mail-in ballot curing.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1231(b)(1), (3) and (4), 1302.1(a)
introductory paragraph and (a.3) of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
amended or added October 31, 2019 (P.L.552, No.77), is amended
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