§ 527Public Buildings to Be Used Where Possible; Portable Polling Places

(a) In selecting polling places, the
county board of elections shall, wherever possible and
practicable, select schoolhouses, municipal buildings or rooms,
or other public buildings for that purpose. Any board of public
education or school directors, or county or the municipal
authorities shall, upon request of the county board, make
arrangements for the use of school property, or of county or
municipal property for polling places. In selecting polling
places, the county board of elections shall make every effort
to select polling places that provide all electors with an
environment that is free from intimidation and violence.
   In the event no available public building as contemplated
under this section is situated within the boundaries of any
election district, the county board of elections may, not less
than twenty days prior to any election, designate as the polling
place for such election district any such public building
situated in another election district within the same or
immediately adjacent ward, or, if there are no wards, then
within the same borough or township as the case may be, provided
such other building is located in an election district which
is immediately adjacent to the boundary of the election district
for which it is to be the polling place and is directly
accessible therefrom by public street or thoroughfare. Two or
more polling places may be located in the same public building
under this section. A polling place may be selected and
designated hereunder less than twenty days prior to any
election, with the approval of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
   ((a) amended May 12, 2006, P.L.178, No.45)
   (b) In the event no available public building as
contemplated under subsection (a) is situated within the
boundaries of a borough which constitutes a single election
district, the county board of elections may, not less than ten
days prior to any election, designate as the polling place for
such election district a municipal building owned by that
borough and located in an adjoining second class township:
Provided, That the municipal building which is to serve as the
polling place is located in an election district immediately
adjacent to the boundary of such borough and is directly
accessible from the borough by public street or thoroughfare.
Such municipal building may be designated as the polling place
for an election less than ten days prior to that election, with
the approval of a court of competent jurisdiction.
   (c) The board, in its discretion, may procure and provide
portable or movable polling places of adequate size and
facilities for any or all election districts.
   (527 amended July 1, 1987, P.L.178, No.20)