§ 1402Returns to Be Open to Public Inspection; Exceptions

(a) The general returns from the various districts
which have been returned unsealed shall be open to public
inspection at the office of the county board as soon as they
are received from the judges of election. None of the envelopes
sealed by election officers and entrusted to the judge of
election for delivery to the county board shall be opened by

any person, except by the order of the return board, or of the
court of common pleas.
   (b) The county board shall submit returns received under
subsection (a) to the Department of State for each office for
which a candidate must file a nomination petition with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth by three o'clock A. M. on the day
following the election. The submission shall be by telephone,
facsimile or the World Wide Web site or by any other manner
required by the secretary.
   (1402 amended Oct. 8, 2004, P.L.807, No.97)