§ 1642Enforcement

(a) The Attorney General shall have prosecutorial
jurisdiction over all violations committed under this act.
   (b) ((b) Deleted by amendment)
   (c) The district attorney of any county in which a violation
occurred has concurrent powers and responsibilities with the
Attorney General over such violations.
   (1642 amended Dec. 9, 2002, P.L.1246, No.150)
                        ARTICLE XVI-A
               Election Integrity Grant Program
         (Art. added July 11, 2022, P.L.1577, No.88)
Section 1601-A. Definitions.
   The following words and phrases when used in this article
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise:
   "Account." The Election Integrity Restricted Account
established under section 1732-A.2 of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code.
   "Department." The Department of Community and Economic
Development of the Commonwealth.
   "Program." The Election Integrity Grant Program established
under section 1602-A.
   (1601-A added July 11, 2022, P.L.1577, No.88)
Section 1602-A. Funding for elections.
   (a) Election Integrity Grant Program.--The Election
Integrity Grant Program is established within the department
to provide grants to counties for the administration of
elections.
   (b) Appropriation.--Money in the account is appropriated
to the department on a continuing basis for the purposes under
this article.
   (c) (Reserved).
   (d) Application.--The following shall apply:
       (1) By August 1, 2022, and each August 1 thereafter,
   the department shall begin accepting applications from
   counties seeking grant money under this section. The
   department shall develop a form for a county to certify that
   the county intends to use grant money for an eligible use
   under subsection (f).
       (2) If a county is seeking grants under this section,
   the county shall apply to the department no later than August
   15, 2022, and each August 15 thereafter.
   (e) Distribution.--Each county shall be entitled to an
allotment equal to the total amount appropriated to the program
under this section multiplied by the quotient of the county's
number of registered voters divided by the total number of
registered voters in all counties. For the purposes of this
subsection, the department shall use the county's total number
of registered voters for the most recent primary election as
certified to the Secretary of the Commonwealth under section
302(m).
   (f) Eligible uses.--A county shall use grant money awarded
under this section for any of the following purposes:
       (1) Payment of staff needed to pre-canvass and canvass
   mail-in ballots and absentee ballots.
       (2) Physical security and transparency costs for
   centralized pre-canvassing and canvassing.

       (3) Post-election procedures required under this act.
       (4) List maintenance activities under 25 Pa.C.S. §
   1901(b)(1) and (3) (relating to removal of electors).
       (5) The printing of ballots.
       (6) Training costs for district election officials.
       (7) Payment of staff at polling places on election day.
       (8) Secure preparation, transportation, storage and
   management of voting apparatuses, tabulation equipment and
   required polling place materials.
       (9) Costs of county board of election duties related
   to processing of voter registration applications.
   (g) Payments.--The department shall make payments to
counties that applied for a grant under this section no later
than September 1, 2022, and each September 1 thereafter.
   (h) Reporting.--No later than 90 days after the date of
each general, municipal and primary election, a county that
received a grant under this section shall report to the
department, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the
State Government Committee of the Senate and the chairperson
and minority chairperson of the State Government Committee of
the House of Representatives, on a form prescribed by the
Department of State, how the county used the grant money
received under this section.
   (i) Clawback.--If a county fails to substantially comply
with the requirements of this section, the county shall return
the grant money received to the department for deposit into the
account. If a county fails to return the grant money, the county
shall be ineligible to receive grants through the program for
a period of one year.
   (j) Grant agreement.--The grant agreement between the
department and the county under this section shall include the
following requirements for counties:
       (1) The county shall begin pre-canvassing at 7 a.m. on
   election day and shall continue without interruption until
   each mail-in ballot and absentee ballot received by 7 a.m.
   on election day is pre-canvassed.
       (2) The county shall begin canvassing mail-in ballots
   and absentee ballots at 8 p.m. on election day and shall
   continue without interruption until each ballot has been
   canvassed.
       (3) No later than 12:01 a.m. on the day following the
   election, the county board of elections shall announce and
   post on its publicly accessible Internet website an
   unofficial number of absentee ballots and mail-in ballots
   received for the election.
       (4) A county shall certify to the department that the
   county has completed a program under 25 Pa.C.S. § 1901(b)(1)
   and mailed notices required under 25 Pa.C.S. § 1901(b)(3)
   within the prior 12 months.
       (5) The outcome of any post-election audit required
   under this act shall be submitted with the certification to
   the Secretary of the Commonwealth of the results of the
   primary or general election under section 302(k) and shall
   be posted on the Department of State's publicly accessible
   Internet website.
   (1602-A added July 11, 2022, P.L.1577, No.88)
Section 1603-A. County report.
   (a) Report.--No later than 75 days after the effective date
of this section, each county board of elections shall conduct
an internal review of practices and certify to the Department
of State that the county is in compliance with each of the
following:

       (1) Approval of voter registration applications under
   25 Pa.C.S. § 1328(a) (relating to approval of registration
   applications).
       (2) Cancellation of deceased electors under 25 Pa.C.S.
   § 1505 (relating to death of registrant).
       (3) Voter removal programs under 25 Pa.C.S. § 1901(b)(1)
   and (3) (relating to removal of electors).
       (4) Safe keeping of voted ballots under sections 1308(a)
   and 1113-A.
       (5) Enforcing the voter identification provisions of
   sections 1302.2(b) and 1302.2-D.
       (6) Pre-canvassing and canvassing of absentee ballots
   and mail-in ballots under section 1308.
   (b) Posting.--The certification by each county under
subsection (a) shall be posted on the Department of State's
publicly accessible Internet website.
   (1603-A added July 11, 2022, P.L.1577, No.88)
                         ARTICLE XVII
                     Recounts and Contests
                         (a) Recounts