§ 1113-APost Election Procedures

(a) As soon as
the polls have been closed and the last elector has voted in
districts having an electronic voting system which employs paper
ballots or ballot cards, and district tabulation is provided
for, the number of such ballots issued to electors (at primary
elections, the number issued to the electors of each party) and
the number of ballots (at primaries the number of ballots of
each party), if any, spoiled and returned by voters and
cancelled, shall be announced to all present in the polling
place and entered on the general returns of votes cast at such
primary or election. The district election officers shall then
compare the number of names marked as voting in the district
register, "Voting Check List" and numbered lists of voters,
shall announce the result, and shall enter on the general
returns the number of electors who have voted, as shown by the
"Voter's Check List." Any differences which exist shall be
reconciled where possible, and where reconciliation is not
possible such differences shall be noted on the general returns.
The district register, the "Voting Check List" and the numbered
lists of voters, together with all unused ballots, and all
spoiled and cancelled ballots, and all rejected voters
certificates shall then be placed in separate packages,
containers or envelopes and sealed before the tabulation of any
ballots. ((a) amended Nov. 27, 2019, P.L.673, No.94)
   (b) If ballots are computed and tabulated in the election
district, all write-in votes which have been properly cast and
recorded on the voting device shall be counted and recorded on
a standard form provided for this purpose. District totals cards
or other appropriate data storage device may also be prepared
by the district board of election reflecting the results of the
voting in that district. Such cards and reporting forms of
write-in vote tabulation shall be delivered to the county board
of elections. In cases where central counting is utilized,
write-in ballots may be recorded either at the election district
or at the counting center.
   (c) In any case in which the write-in ballot is a separate
entity from the ballot or ballot card, and the write-in ballot

has been used, both sections shall be given a unique identifying
number prior to their separation for tabulation.
   (d) In returning any votes cast for any person whose name
is not printed on the official ballot, the election officers
shall record any such names exactly as they were written or
stamped. ((d) amended Oct. 31, 2019, P.L.552, No.77)
   (e) If, as a result of an otherwise properly cast write-in
vote, the voter has registered more votes for an office than
he is entitled to vote for that office, the entire vote cast
for that office shall be void and shall not be counted; and
such write-in ballots shall be fastened to the write-in vote
tabulation form and shall be delivered to the county board of
elections.
   (f) In the event district tabulation of votes is provided
for by the voting system, the district election officers shall,
immediately upon the close of the polls, cause the automatic
tabulating equipment to tabulate the ballots cast during the
election and shall prepare duplicate records of the total number
of voters whose ballots have been tabulated; the total number
of votes cast for each candidate whose name appears on the
ballot; the total number of write-in votes properly cast for
each office on the ballot; and the total number of votes cast
for or against any question appearing on the ballot. One such
record shall be publicly posted at the district polling place.
All votes so cast and tabulated in the district may also be
recorded on a district totals card and all properly cast
write-in votes may also be recorded on the district totals card,
and the delivery of such district totals cards and reporting
forms to the county board of elections shall be the
responsibility of the judge of election. The minority inspector
shall keep duplicate copies of all such reports and returns.
At the close of the election and after the tabulation of all
ballots, the automatic tabulating equipment or other component
of the voting system which contains ballots shall be locked and
sealed so that no further ballots may be deposited in or removed
from any such equipment or component, and all components of the
voting system, suitably packaged and secured for storage, shall
be held for delivery to the county election board.
   (g) In the event district tabulation of votes is not
provided for by the voting system, the judge of election shall
prepare a report of the number of voters who have voted, as
indicated by the "Voting Check List" and numbered lists of
voters poll list. He shall also prepare a report of the number
of spoiled ballots and the number of unused ballots. He shall
deliver the original copy of this report to the county board
of elections under seal. The minority inspector shall keep a
duplicate copy of this report. The judge of election and
minority inspector shall forthwith deliver the sealed transport
carrier containing all voted ballot cards to the county board
of elections or to such places as the county board may
designate. The county board of elections may provide that the
ballot container and reports may upon proper certification and
signature instead be picked up at the polling places by two
authorized election deputies of opposite parties.
   (h) All reports and returns shall be signed by all district
election officers.
   (i) In the event that district tabulation of votes is not
provided for by the voting system, it shall be the
responsibility of the county board of elections to make
available to the public at the central tabulating center, the
election results for each election district. ((i) amended Mar.
27, 2020, P.L.41, No.12)

   (j) By two o'clock A. M. on the day following the election,
all of the following shall be returned to the county board:
   (1) Envelopes.
   (2) Supplies, including all uncast provisional ballots.
   (3) Returns, including all provisional ballots and absentee
ballots cast in the election district.
   ((j) added Oct. 8, 2004, P.L.807, No.97)
   (1113-A added July 11, 1980, P.L.600, No.128)