§ 1103Placing the Question on the Ballot; Election Thereon

(a) The county election board may, upon their own motion,
submit to the qualified electors of the county, or of any city,
borough or township thereof, at any general or municipal

election, the question "Shall voting machines be used in the
(county, city, borough or township) of .....................?"
   (b) The county election board, upon receipt of a request
from the council of any city or borough, or from the
commissioners or supervisors of any township, said request being
evidenced by the filing of a copy of a resolution certified by
the secretary or clerk of the council, commissioners or
supervisors, or upon the filing of a petition with them signed
by qualified electors of the county, city, borough or township,
equal in number to at least ten per cent of the total number
of electors who voted in said county, city, borough or township
at the preceding general or municipal election, but in no case
less than fifty, unless the total number of electors who voted
therein at the preceding general or municipal election was less
than one hundred, in which case one-half of the number so voting
shall be sufficient, shall, at the next general or municipal
election, occurring at least sixty days thereafter, submit to
the qualified electors of such county, city, borough or
township, the question "Shall voting machines be used in the
(county, city, borough or township) of ................?" ((b)
amended July 11, 1980, P.L.600, No.128)
   (c) The county board shall cause the said question to be
printed upon the ballots to be used at the election, in the
form and manner provided by the laws governing general and
municipal elections.
   (d) The election on said question shall be held at the
places, during the hours, and under the regulations, provided
by law for holding general and municipal elections, and shall
be conducted by the election officers provided by law to conduct
such elections. The election officers shall count the votes
cast at the elections on said question, and shall make return
thereof to the county election board of the county, as required
by law. Said returns shall be computed by the county election
board, or other return board, and, when so computed, a
certificate of the total number of electors voting "Yes" and
of the total number of electors voting "No" on such question
shall be filed in the office of the county election board, and
copies thereof, certified by the county election board, shall
forthwith be furnished to the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
and to the county commissioners or other appropriating
authority.
   (e) Where the qualified electors of any city, borough or
township vote in favor of the adoption of voting machines in
such city, borough or township, a vote on the question of
adoption of voting machines by the qualified electors of the
entire county containing therein such city, borough or township,
held at the same time or at a subsequent time, the result of
which vote is against the adoption of voting machines, shall
not be considered as a vote to discontinue the use of voting
machines in such city, borough or township.
   (f) If a majority of the electors of any county, city,
borough or township, voting on such question, shall vote against
the adoption of voting machines, the question shall not again
be submitted to the voters of such political subdivision within
a period of one hundred and three weeks.
   (g) Whenever, under the provisions of this section, the
question of the adoption of voting machines is about to be
submitted to the electors of any county, city, borough or
township, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners, or
other authority which levies taxes for county purposes in such
county, to ascertain whether current funds will be available
to pay for said machines, if adopted and purchased, or whether

they have power to increase the indebtedness of the county in
an amount sufficient to pay for the same without the consent
of the electors and, if such current funds will not be available
and the power to increase the indebtedness of the county in a
sufficient amount without the consent of the electors is
lacking, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners, or
other authority aforesaid, to submit to the electors of the
county, in the manner provided by law, at the same election at
which the adoption of voting machines is to be voted on, the
question whether the indebtedness of such county shall be
increased, in an amount specified by them, sufficient to pay
for such voting machines, if adopted.