§ 201Powers and Duties of the Secretary of the Commonwealth

The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall exercise
in the manner provided by this act all powers granted to him
by this act, and shall perform all the duties imposed upon him
by this act, which shall include the following:
   (a) To determine, in accordance with the provisions of this
act, the forms of nomination petitions and papers, expense
accounts and all other forms and records, the form of which he
is required to determine under the provisions of this act.
   (b) To examine and reexamine voting machines, and to approve
or disapprove them for use in this State, in accordance with
the provisions of this act. The secretary shall not approve any
voting machine for any election, Federal or State, in this
Commonwealth, that does not comply with the requirements of
section 301 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law
107-252, 42 U.S.C. § 15481). ((b) amended July 14, 2009, P.L.86,
No.20)
   (c) To certify to county boards of elections for primaries
and elections the names of the candidates for President and
Vice-President of the United States, presidential electors,
United States senators, representatives in Congress and all
State offices, including senators, representatives, and judges
of all courts of record, and delegates and alternate delegates
to National Conventions, and members of State committees, and
the form and wording of constitutional amendments or other
questions to be submitted to the electors of the State at large.
   (d) To receive and determine, as hereinafter provided, the
sufficiency of nomination petitions, certificates and papers
of candidates for President of the United States, presidential
electors, United States senators, representatives in Congress
and all State offices, including senators, representatives and
judges of all courts of record, and delegates and alternate
delegates to National Conventions and members of State
committees.
   (e) To receive such reports from county boards of elections
as are required by this act, and to demand such additional
reports on special matters as he may deem necessary.
   (e.1) To receive from county boards of elections information
on voting system errors or difficulties or other election data
pursuant to regulation.
   (f) To receive from county boards of elections the returns
of primaries and elections, to canvass and compute the votes
cast for candidates and upon questions as required by the
provisions of this act; to proclaim the results of such
primaries and elections, and to issue certificates of election
to the successful candidates at such elections, except in cases
where that duty is imposed by law on another officer or board.
   (f.1) To develop a voluntary professional certification and
poll worker training program for county election officials in
consultation with county boards of elections.
   (f.2) To order a county board to conduct a recount or
recanvass of an election under section 1404 for a public office
which appears on the ballot in every election district in this
Commonwealth or for a ballot question which appears on the
ballot in every election district in this Commonwealth.
   (g) To perform such other duties as may be prescribed by
law.
   (h) To establish a system for the remedy of complaints
regarding the administration of the provisions of Title III of

the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-252, 42 U.S.C.
§ 15481 et seq.).
   (201 amended Oct. 8, 2004, P.L.807, No.97)