§ 1112-AElection Day Procedures and the Process of Voting

(a) In an election district which uses an electronic
voting system in which votes are registered electronically, the
following procedures will be applicable for the conduct of the
election at the election district:
   (1) At primary elections, the election officer in charge
shall adjust the voting system before the voter records any
vote so that the voter will only be able to register a vote for
candidates on the ballot of the party in which he is registered
and enrolled or for persons whose names are not on the official
ballot, for candidates for nonpartisan nominations, if any, and
for any questions upon which he is entitled to vote.
   (2) At all elections, the voter shall be able to vote for
each candidate individually by the means provided. The voter
may also vote individually for or against a question submitted
to the vote of the electors. ((2) amended Oct. 31, 2019,
P.L.552, No.77)
   (3) A voter may, at any primary or other election, vote for
any person or persons for any office for which his name does
not appear upon the ballot label as a candidate, by writing the
identification of the office and the name of such person in or
upon the appropriate receptacle or device provided for that
purpose. No write-in vote shall be cast on a voting device for
any person for any office, whose name appears on the ballot
label as a candidate for that office, and any ballot so cast
shall be void and not counted.
   (4) At any general election at which presidential electors
are to be chosen, each elector shall be permitted to vote by
one operation for all the presidential electors of a political
party or political body. For each party or body nominating
presidential electors, a ballot label shall be provided
containing only the words "Presidential Electors," preceded by
the names of the party or body and followed by the names of the
candidates thereof for the Office of President and
Vice-President, and the corresponding counter or registering
device shall register votes cast for said electors when thus
voted for collectively. If any elector desires to vote a ticket
for presidential electors made up of the names of persons
nominated by different parties or bodies, or partially of names
of persons so in nomination and partially of names of persons
not in nomination by any party or body, he may write or deposit
a paper ballot prepared by himself in the receptacle provided

in or on the voting device for that purpose, or he may list
their names on the write-in ballot or envelope provided for
that purpose. The voting device shall be so constructed that
it will not be possible for any one voter to vote a straight
party ticket for presidential electors and at the same time to
deposit a ballot for presidential electors in a receptacle as
provided in this section. When the votes for presidential
electors are counted, the votes appearing upon the counter or
registering device corresponding to the ballot label containing
the names of the candidates for President and Vice-President
of any party or body shall be counted as votes for each of the
candidates for presidential elector of such party or body, and
thereupon all candidates for presidential elector shall be
credited, in addition, with the votes cast for them upon the
ballots deposited in the machine, as provided in this section.
((4) amended Oct. 31, 2019, P.L.552, No.77)
   (5) As soon as the elector has adjusted the voting device
so that it will record his choices for the various candidates
to be voted for, and his answers to the various questions
submitted, he shall operate the recording mechanism of the
voting device and forthwith leave the voting booth.
   (b) In an election district which uses an electronic voting
system which utilizes paper ballots or ballot cards to register
the votes, the following procedures will be applicable for the
conduct of the election at the election district:
   (1) The voter, after receiving his ballot from the district
election officials, shall retire to one of the voting booths
in which the voting devices are located.
   (2) At primary elections, the voter shall vote for the
candidates of his choice for nomination, according to the number
of persons to be voted for by him, for each office by making a
cross (X) or check (✓) mark or by making a punch or mark sense
mark in the square opposite the name of the candidate or by
otherwise indicating a selection associated with the candidate,
or he may so indicate on the ballot that the voter is electing
to write in the name of a person for the particular office, and
insert the identification of the office in question and the
name of any person not already listed as a candidate for that
office, and such indication and insertion shall count as a vote
for that person for such office. ((2) amended Mar. 27, 2020,
P.L.41, No.12)
   (3) At all other elections, the voter shall vote for the
candidates of his choice for each office to be filled, according
to the number of persons to be voted for by him for each office,
by making a cross (X) or check (✓) mark or by making a punch
or mark sense mark in the square opposite the name of the
candidate, or by otherwise indicating a selection associated
with the candidate, or he may so indicate on the ballot that
the voter is electing to write in the name of a person for the
particular office, and insert the identification of the office
in question and the name of any person not already listed as a
candidate for that office, and such indication and insertion
shall count as a vote for that person for such office. ((3)
amended Mar. 27, 2020, P.L.41, No.12)
   (4) If he desires to vote for the entire group of
presidential electors nominated by any party or political body,
he may make a cross (X) or check (✓) or punch or mark sense
mark or otherwise indicate a selection associated with the names
of the candidates for President and Vice-President of such party
or body. If he desires to vote a ticket for presidential
electors made up of the names of persons nominated by different
parties or political bodies, or partially of names of persons

so in nomination and partially of names of persons not in
nomination by any party or political body, or wholly of names
of persons not in nomination by any party or political body,
he shall insert the names of the candidates for presidential
electors for whom he desires to vote on the write-in ballot
under the title of the office "Presidential Electors". In case
of a question submitted to the vote of the electors, he may
make a cross (X) or check (✓) or punch or mark sense mark or
otherwise indicate a selection associated with the answer which
he desires to give. ((4) amended Mar. 27, 2020, P.L.41, No.12)
   (5) Any voter who spoils his ballot may return it and secure
another. The word "spoiled" shall be written across the face
of the ballot, and it shall be placed in the envelope marked
"Spoiled Ballots".
   (6) Following the completion of his vote, the voter shall
leave the voting booth and return the ballot to the election
officer by a means designed to insure its secrecy as prescribed
by the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the voter shall insert
the ballot into the district automatic tabulating equipment or,
in the event district tabulation is not provided for by the
voting system or such district tabulation equipment is
inoperative for any reason, into a secure ballot box. ((6)
amended Nov. 27, 2019, P.L.673, No.94)
   (1112-A added July 11, 1980, P.L.600, No.128)