ActAct 320 of 1937 (25 P.S. § 2600 et seq.)🇺🇸us-pa

Pennsylvania Election Code

Act of June 3, 1937, P.L. 1333, No. 320 — the Pennsylvania Election Code. Concerns elections, including general, municipal, special and primary elections, nomination of candidates, primary and election expenses and election contests; creates county boards of elections; imposes duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth, courts, and county boards.

478 sections · status activeenacted 1937-06-03last amended 2026-05-11

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§	Title	Length	Status
1	Be it enacted, &c., That the laws relating to general, municipal, special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates, primary and election expenses and election contests are hereby codified, revised and consolidated as follows: ARTICLE I Preliminary Provisions Section 101. Short Title	79	active
102	Definitions	16,873	active
103	Construction	2,201	active
104	Acts Done on Legal Holidays and Sundays	521	active
105	Effective Date	115	active
106	Publication of Notices	1,926	active
107	Public Funding of Elections	1,283	active
201	Powers and Duties of the Secretary of the Commonwealth	3,436	active
201.1	Explanation of Ballot Question	1,227	active
202	Records and Documents to Be Open to Public Inspection	817	active
203	Preservation of Records	169	active
204	Voting Standards Development Board	3,131	active
205	State Plan Advisory Board	2,551	active
206	Requirements Relating to Voter Identification	1,372	active
207	Requirements for Disapproval or Decertification of Voting Apparatuses	1,559	active
208	Census Outreach	1,281	active
301	County Boards of Elections; Membership	2,025	active
302	Powers and Duties of County Boards	4,738	active
303	Decisions by Majority Vote; Employes	571	active
304	Regulations; Subpoenas; Witnesses; Fees	3,104	active
305	Expenses of County Boards and of Primaries and Elections to Be Paid by County; Expenses of Special Elections; Boards to Be Provided with Offices	6,307	active
306	Counsel; Compensation; Duties	600	active
307	Acts of Employes	247	active
308	Records and Documents to Be Open to Public Inspection; Proviso	1,405	active
309	Preservation of Records	658	active
310	Watchers or Attorneys at Sessions of County Board; Candidates May Be Present	1,522	active
311	Immunity from Arrest	301	active
312	Intervention in Suits	126	active
401	District Election Boards; Election	1,024	active
402	Qualifications of Election Officers	1,843	active
403	Tie Votes for Judge and Inspector	700	active
404	Clerks of Election, Machine Inspectors	985	active
405	Vacancies in Election Boards; Appointment; Judge and Majority Inspector to Be Members of Majority Party; Minority Inspector to Be Member of Minority Party	3,847	active
406	Election Officers to Be Sworn	843	active
407	Oath of Judge of Election	944	active
408	Oaths of Inspectors of Election	908	active
409	Oaths of Clerks of Election	641	active
410	Oath of Machine Inspectors	469	active
411	Power of Election Officers to Administer Oaths	232	active
412	Compensation of Election Officers	43	active
412.1	Compensation of Election Officers	46	active
412.2	Compensation of District Election Officers	3,292	active
413	Election Officers, Clerks, Machine Inspectors, and Overseers Privileged from Arrest	329	active
414	Instruction of Election Officers in Voting Machine Districts; Unqualified Officers Not to Serve	1,894	active
415	Overseers of Election	1,645	active
416	Driving away Overseers; Effect	637	active
417	Appointment of Watchers	3,517	active
501	Townships, Boroughs and Wards to Constitute Election Districts	344	active
502	Court to Create New Election Districts	1,354	active
503	Petitions for New Election Districts; Reference to County Board of Elections; Report	1,940	active
504	Petitions by County Board; Action by Court on Petition or Report	2,392	active
505	Court in its Order to Appoint Election Officers	499	active
506	District Boundaries	1,090	active
526	Polling Places to Be Selected by County Board	1,784	active
527	Public Buildings to Be Used Where Possible; Portable Polling Places	2,695	active
528	Temporary Polling Places	215	active
529	Polling Places in Buildings or Rooms Where Malt or Brewed Beverages or Liquors Dispensed Prohibited	829	active
529.1	Polling Places in Other Buildings	914	active
530	Equipment and Arrangement of Polling Places; Guard Rail; Number of Voting Compartments or Voting Machines	2,997	active
531	Compensation for Rent, Heat and Light	958	active
532	Wards in Cities of the First Class May be Created, Divided, Realigned, or Consolidated	3,856	active
535	Definitions	375	active
536	Restrictions on Alteration	2,550	active
537	Alterations After Period of Restriction	1,772	active
538	Reports	677	active
539	Election Results; Registration	502	active
540	Regulations	304	active
601	General Election; Officers to Be Elected	519	active
602	Municipal Election; Officers to Be Elected	461	active
603	General Primary; Candidates to Be Nominated and Party Officers to Be Elected	703	active
604	Municipal Primary; Officers to be Nominated	316	active
605	Elections on Proposed Constitutional Amendments	1,387	active
626	Special Elections for United States Senator; Nominations	1,340	active
627	Special Elections for Representative in Congress	1,047	active
628	Special Elections for Senator and Representative in the General Assembly	1,440	active

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