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
1725	Powers of Committee	461	active
1726	Proceeding Before Committee; Unqualified Voters; Testimony; Immunity	564	active
1727	Conduct of Committee	611	active
1728	Report of Committee to Be Final	299	active
1729	New Election if Invalid; Notice	675	active
1730	Pay of Witnesses	1,413	active
1731	Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County with Two Nearest President Judges to Have Jurisdiction	198	active
1732	Entry and Effect of Decision	721	active
1736	Common Pleas Court of County of Residence of Candidate Returned as Elected to Have Jurisdiction	325	active
1737	Procedure to Contest; Petition; Personnel of Court	867	active
1738	Jurisdiction Where There is More Than One Court of Common Pleas in the District	45	active
1739	Certification and Effect of Decision	689	active
1741	Jurisdiction to Try	315	active
1742	Method of Contest; Petition; Notice	819	active
1743	Complainants and Candidate Returned Shall Be Parties	305	active
1744	Powers and Duties of the Court	929	active
1745	Decision of Court	195	active
1746	Return of Result to Proper House	353	active
1747	Appeal to Proper House; Requirements	637	active
1748	Action on Appeal Petition	380	active
1749	Vote on Petition	261	active
1751	Jurisdiction	312	active
1756	Petition; Time of Filing; Amendment	589	active
1757	Petitioners and Affidavits; Requirements	743	active
1758	Presentation of Petition	313	active
1759	Bond by Petitioners	854	active
1760	Notice of Hearing	501	active
1761	Disqualification of Judge	71	active
1762	Substitute Judges	700	active
1763	Certain Associate Judges Not Essential	45	active
1764	Powers of Court	470	active
1765	Power of Court; Witnesses; Records	564	active
1766	Conduct of Hearings; Certified Records; Examiners	553	active
1767	Witnesses; Duty to Testify	397	active
1768	Witnesses and Officers; Fees	166	active
1769	Costs of Contest if Without Probable Cause	326	active
1770	Costs of Contest if For Probable Cause	1,523	active
1771	Court or Committee May Limit Time for Taking Testimony	309	active
1772	Nominations or Elections Declared Invalid; Filling of Vacancies	1,518	active
1773	Specific Findings by Trial Court	355	active
1774	Certified Copy of Order of Court to Be Forwarded to Secretary of the Commonwealth and County Boards	294	active
1775	Appeal in Judicial Contests When Constitutional Questions Involved	45	active
1776	When and by Whom Appeal Taken; Filing; Time and Place of Hearing	45	active
1777	Decision of Supreme Court to Be Certified to Secretary of the Commonwealth	896	active
1801	Disobeying Lawful Instructions	432	active
1802	Perjury	805	active
1802.1	False Affidavits of Candidates	623	active
1803	Refusal to Permit Inspection of Papers; Destruction or Removal; Secretary of the Commonwealth	1,116	active
1804	Refusal to Permit Inspection of Papers; Destruction or Removal; County Boards of Elections	1,217	active
1805	Insertion and Alteration of Entries in Documents; Removal; Refusal to Deliver	1,557	active
1806	Refusal to Permit Overseers, Watchers, Attorneys or Candidates to Act	889	active
1807	Driving away Watchers, Attorneys, Candidates or Overseers	722	active
1808	Refusal to Permit Election Officers, Clerks and Machine Inspectors to Act; Driving away Said Persons	779	active
1809	Refusal to Administer Oath; Acting Without Being Sworn	800	active
1810	Violation of Oath of Office by Election Officers	398	active
1811	Peace Officers; Failure to Render Assistance; Hindering or Delaying County Board Members and Others	807	active
1812	Nomination Petitions and Papers; Offenses by Signers	865	active
1813	False Signatures and Statements in Nomination Petitions and Papers	662	active
1814	Nomination Petitions; Certificates and Papers; Destruction; Fraudulent Filing; Suppression	771	active
1815	Offenses by Printers of Ballots	928	active
1816	Unlawful Possession of Ballots; Counterfeiting Ballots	660	active
1817	Forging and Destroying Ballots	482	active
1818	Tampering with Voting Machines	733	active
1819	Destroying, Defacing or Removing Notices, Et Cetera	950	active
1820	Police Officers at Polling Places	855	active
1821	Peace Officer; Failure to Quell Disturbances at Polls; Hindering or Delaying Election Officers and Others	977	active
1822	Constables; Failure to Perform Duties	44	active
1823	Election Officers Permitting Unregistered Electors to Vote; Challenges; Refusing to Permit Qualified Electors to Vote	1,071	active
1824	Election Officers Refusing to Permit Elector to Vote in Proper Party at Primaries	932	active
1825	Frauds by Election Officers	2,597	active
1826	Prying into Ballots	501	active
1827	Interference with Primaries and Elections; Frauds; Conspiracy	1,425	active
1828	Persons Interfering in Other Districts	883	active
1829	Assault and Battery at Polls	495	active
1830	Unlawful Assistance in Voting	2,671	active

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