(1803-A repealed Feb. 13, 1998,
P.L.72, No.18)
ARTICLE XVIII-B
EMERGENCY PROVISIONS FOR 2020 GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION
(Art. expired July 3, 2020. See Act 12 of 2020.)
Section 1801-B. Election officers.
(1801-B expired July 3, 2020. See Act 12 of 2020.)
Section 1802-B. Polling place.
(1802-B expired July 3, 2020. See Act 12 of 2020.)
Section 1803-B. Permissible polling place locations.
(1803-B expired July 3, 2020. See Act 12 of 2020.)
Section 1804-B. General primary election.
(1804-B expired July 3, 2020. See Act 12 of 2020.)
Section 1805-B. Expiration.
(1805-B expired July 3, 2020. See Act 12 of 2020.)
ARTICLE XIX
Repeals
Section 1901. The following acts and parts of acts of
Assembly are hereby repealed as particularly set forth:
The act approved the twenty-fourth day of August, one
thousand seven hundred and seventeen (Volume III. Statutes at
Large, page one hundred thirty-eight), entitled "An act for the
better regulating of elections of sheriffs, coroners and
assessors," absolutely.
The act approved the eleventh day of March, one thousand
seven hundred and fifty-two (Volume V. Statutes at Large, page
one hundred fifty-nine), entitled "An act for preventing bribery
and corruption in the election of sheriffs and coroners within
this province," absolutely.
The act approved the fourth day of October, one thousand
seven hundred and eighty-eight (Volume XIII. Statutes at Large,
page one hundred forty), entitled "An act directing the time,
places and manner of holding elections for representatives of
this State in the Congress of the United States and for
appointing electors on the part of this State for choosing a
President and Vice-President of the United States," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-ninth day of September, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-one (3 Smith's Laws,
forty-five), entitled "An act to regulate the trials of
contested elections," absolutely.
The act approved the sixth day of March, one thousand seven
hundred and ninety-three (3 Smith's Laws, ninety-one), entitled
"A supplement to the act, entitled 'An act to regulate the
trials of contested elections,'" absolutely.
The act approved the second day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and two (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred forty-five),
entitled "An act to provide for the election of Representatives
of the People of this State in the Congress of the United
States," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-first day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and eight (Pamphlet Laws, eighty-six), entitled
"An act to fix the number of Senators from the State into
districts, and determine the portion to be allotted to each,
also to fix the number of Representatives for the city and the
several counties of the Commonwealth, in pursuance of the
provisions of the constitution," absolutely.
The act approved the twentieth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and twelve (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
twenty-seven), entitled "An act to provide for the election of
representatives of the people of this state, in the congress
of the United States," absolutely.
The act approved the eighth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, ninety-three), entitled "An
act to fix the number of Senators and Representatives, and form
the state into districts, in pursuance of the provisions of the
constitution," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred four),
entitled "An act to prevent the practice of wagering or betting
on elections," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-third day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
fifty-eight), entitled "A further supplement to an act, entitled
'An act to regulate the trials of contested elections' passed
the twenty-ninth day of September, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety-one," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-two (Pamphlet Laws, seventy-four),
entitled "An act to fix the number of Senators and
Representatives and form the State into districts, in pursuance
of the provisions of the constitution," absolutely.
The act approved the twelfth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-four (Pamphlet Laws, five), entitled
"A supplement to the act, entitled 'An act to amend and
consolidate the several acts relating to the settlement of the
public accounts and the payment of the public moneys, and for
other purposes,'" absolutely.
The act approved the nineteenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-four (Pamphlet Laws, fifty-three),
entitled "A supplement to the act, entitled 'An act to regulate
the trial of contested elections,'" absolutely.
The act approved the tenth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and twenty-six (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
ninety-eight), entitled "An act regulating election districts,"
absolutely.
The act approved the twentieth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
twelve), entitled "An act to fix the number of Senators and
Representatives and form the state into districts, in pursuance
of the provisions of the constitution," absolutely.
The act approved the sixteenth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-six (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred
ninety-four), entitled "An act to fix the number of Senators
and Representatives, and form the state into districts, in
pursuance of the provisions of the constitution," absolutely.
The act approved the thirteenth day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-six (Pamphlet Laws, one--1836-37),
entitled "A supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to prescribe
the times, places, and manner of choosing Senators to represent
this state in the Senate of the United States,'" absolutely.
Section two of the act, approved the twenty-first day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine (Pamphlet Laws,
three hundred seventy-six), entitled "An act providing for the
election of Aldermen and Justices of the Peace," absolutely.
The act approved the second day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred nineteen),
entitled "An act relating to the elections of this
Commonwealth," absolutely.
Sections two, three, four, five and seven of the act,
approved the second day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred fifty-nine), entitled
"An act to provide for the election of Prothonotaries, Clerks,
Recorders, and Registers," absolutely.
Sections one, twenty-seven, twenty-eight and twenty-nine of
the act, approved the seventh day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and forty (Pamphlet Laws, seventy-two), entitled "An
act relative to the election of Borough and Township officers,
and for other purposes," absolutely.
Section four of the act, approved the sixteenth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and forty (Pamphlet Laws, four
hundred ten), entitled "An act relating to Executions, and for
other purposes," absolutely.
Sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
nine, ten, eleven, twelve, fourteen and fifteen of the act,
approved the sixteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred
and forty (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred eighty-three), entitled
"A supplement to an act, entitled 'An act relating to the
elections of this Commonwealth, passed the second day of July,
Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and for
other purposes," absolutely.
Sections three and four of the act, approved the thirteenth
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty (Pamphlet
Laws, six hundred eighty-nine), entitled "A further supplement
to an act, entitled 'An act providing for the election of
Aldermen and Justices of the Peace' passed twenty-first day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and for other
purposes," absolutely.
Section eighty-four of the act, approved the fourth day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two (Pamphlet Laws,
forty-three), entitled "An act regulating Election Districts
and for other purposes," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
fifteen), entitled "An act to divide the State into
Congressional districts, for the election of Representatives
in the Congress of the United States," absolutely.
The act approved the fourteenth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-three (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
forty-seven), entitled "An act to fix the number of Senators
and Representatives, and form the State into districts, in
pursuance of the provisions of the Constitution," absolutely.
Sections two, three and four of the act, approved the
eleventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-eight (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred twelve), entitled "A
further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act relating to the
elections in this Commonwealth,'" absolutely.
The act approved the fifteenth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred seventy-seven),
entitled "An act to fix the number of Senators and
Representatives, and form the state into districts, in pursuance
of the provisions of the constitution," absolutely.
Section nine of the act, approved the fifteenth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one (Pamphlet Laws, six
hundred forty-eight), entitled "An act to provide for the
election of judges of the several courts of this Commonwealth,
and to regulate certain judicial districts," absolutely.
Sections 3, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35 and 36 of the act, approved
the second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-four (Pamphlet Laws, twenty-one), entitled "A further
supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to incorporate the City
of Philadelphia,'" absolutely.
The act approved the first day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-two (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred ninety-two),
entitled "An act to divide the State into Congressional
districts for the election of Representatives in the Congress
of the United States," absolutely.
The act approved the thirty-first day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-four (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred fifty),
entitled "An act relative to the payment of Constables for
attending the General and Township Elections," absolutely.
The act approved the twentieth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-four (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred
nineteen), entitled "An act in relation to establishing and
changing the places for holding general elections throughout
the Commonwealth," absolutely.
The act approved the sixteenth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-five (Pamphlet Laws, one), entitled "A
supplement to an act, entitled 'An act relating to the Elections
of this Commonwealth passed the second day of July, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine,'" absolutely.
The act approved the thirty-first day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-five (Pamphlet Laws, five),
entitled "A supplement to an act in relation to establishing
and changing the places for holding General Elections throughout
the Commonwealth, passed April twentieth, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-four," absolutely.
The act approved the twentieth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred nineteen),
entitled "An act to fix the number of Senators and
Representatives, and to form the State into districts, in
pursuance of the provisions of the Constitution," absolutely.
The act approved the eleventh day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred
ninety-five), entitled "An act to provide for taking Testimony
in cases of Contested Elections of Members of the General
Assembly," absolutely.
Sections fifty and fifty-one of the act, approved the
thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred sixty
(Pamphlet Laws, three hundred eighty-two), entitled "An act to
Consolidate, Revise and Amend the Penal Laws of this
Commonwealth," absolutely.
The act approved the second day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred nine), entitled
"An act relating to Township Elections," absolutely.
The act approved the first day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred seventy-one),
entitled "An act to divide the state into Congressional
Districts for the Election of Representatives in the Congress
of the United States," absolutely.
The act approved the tenth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred five),
entitled "An act to re-organize the Congressional Districts of
Pennsylvania, in accordance with the act of Congress, approved
March fourth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two,"
absolutely.
The act approved the sixteenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four (Pamphlet Laws, ten), entitled "An
act providing for the election of a State Treasurer,"
absolutely.
The act approved the fifth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-four (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred fifty-eight),
entitled "An act to fix the number of Senators, and
Representatives, and to form the State into districts, in
pursuance of the provisions of the Constitution," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred
ninety), entitled "An act to regulate elections by soldiers in
actual military service," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fourth day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four (Pamphlet Laws, ten
hundred fourteen), entitled "A supplement to an act to fix the
number of Senators and Representatives, and to form the State
into districts, in pursuance of the provisions of the
constitution, approved May fifth, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-four," absolutely.
The act approved the thirtieth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-six (Pamphlet Laws, ninety-two),
entitled "An act regulating the mode of voting at all elections,
in the several counties of this Commonwealth," absolutely.
The act approved the seventeenth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-six (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred seven),
entitled "A supplement to an act, entitled 'An act regulating
boroughs' approved the third day of April, Anno Domini one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, to authorize courts to
fix and change the places for holding general elections,"
absolutely.
The act approved the fourth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six (Pamphlet Laws, eleven hundred seven),
entitled "A further supplement to the election laws of this
Commonwealth," absolutely.
The act approved the eleventh day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, eighteen),
entitled "An act to define the time and regulate the manner of
electing Senators, to represent this state in the Senate of the
United States," absolutely.
The act approved the fifteenth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, eighty-six),
entitled "A supplement to an act, approved the seventeenth day
of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, authorizing
the courts to fix and change the places for holding general
elections, in certain cases," absolutely.
Sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen,
seventeen, eighteen, nineteen and thirty-eight of the act,
approved the seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, forty-nine), entitled
"An act further supplemental to the act relative to the
elections of this Commonwealth," absolutely.
Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 of the act, approved the
sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy
(Pamphlet Laws, fifty-three), entitled "A further supplement
to the act relating to elections in this Commonwealth,"
absolutely.
The act approved the sixth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred fifty-two),
entitled "An act to fix the number of senators and
representatives and to form the state into districts, in
pursuance of the provisions of the constitution," absolutely.
The act approved the eleventh day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred fifty-nine),
entitled "A supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to fix the
number of senators and representatives and to form the state
into districts, in pursuance of the Constitution,' which became
a law on the sixth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-first day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two (Pamphlet Laws,
seventeen), entitled "An act entitled 'A further supplement to
an act relating to the elections of this Commonwealth' approved
July second, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-nine," absolutely.
The act approved the thirteenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-two (Pamphlet Laws, twenty-four),
entitled "An act to prevent the sale of intoxicating drinks on
election day," absolutely.
The act approved the nineteenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-two (Pamphlet Laws, thirty-two),
entitled "An act supplementary to an act relative to the
election of auditor general, surveyor general and county
surveyors by the people, approved the ninth day of April, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-three (Pamphlet Laws, seventy-nine),
entitled "An act to re-organize the Congressional districts of
Pennsylvania," absolutely.
The act approved the thirtieth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four (Pamphlet Laws, thirty-one),
entitled "A further supplement to the act regulating elections
in this Commonwealth," absolutely.
The act approved the thirteenth day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four (Pamphlet Laws, forty-four),
entitled "An act declaratory of and amending the act, entitled
'A further supplement to the act regulating elections in this
Commonwealth' approved the thirtieth day of January, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four," absolutely.
The act approved the ninth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four (Pamphlet Laws, fifty-four), entitled
"An act designating the judicial districts of the Commonwealth,
and providing for the appointment and election of judges
therein, for issuing to additional judges learned in the law
commissions as president judges, and manner of fixing the terms
of courts therein," absolutely.
The act approved the eighteenth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four (Pamphlet Laws, sixty-four),
entitled, "An act to define the necessary and proper expenses
incident to the nomination and election of senators,
representatives, state, judicial, municipal and county officers,
and to authorize the payment thereof," absolutely.
The act approved the nineteenth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
eight), entitled "An act designating the several classes of
contested elections in this Commonwealth, and providing for the
trial thereof," absolutely.
The act approved the eighteenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five (Pamphlet Laws, twenty-nine),
entitled "An act in relation to the payment of the costs and
expenses of the division of election districts," absolutely.
The act approved the eighth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred thirty-six),
entitled "An act authorizing the commissioners of the several
counties of this Commonwealth to fix the compensation for light,
rent and fuel for election districts in their respective
counties," absolutely.
The act approved the eighth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
forty-eight), entitled "A supplement to an act, entitled 'An
act designating the several classes of contested elections in
this Commonwealth and providing for the trial thereof' approved
the nineteenth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four, providing for the payment of the costs
in contested elections of president or additional law judges,
senators and members of the house of representatives and of
county, borough, township or municipal officers when the court
decides the complaint is not without probable cause,"
absolutely.
The act approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
seventy-eight), entitled "An act to prescribe the manner by
which the courts of quarter sessions may change the boundaries
of election districts and townships," absolutely.
Section three of the act, approved the tenth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight (Pamphlet Laws,
fifty-one), entitled "A supplement to an act, entitled 'An act
to prescribe the manner in which the courts may divide boroughs
into wards,' approved the fourteenth day of May, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four," absolutely.
The act approved the twelfth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-eight (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred four),
entitled "An act to provide for an appeal to the Supreme Court
in contested elections of judges of courts of records, wherein
constitutional questions are involved," absolutely.
The act approved the ninth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine (Pamphlet Laws, fifty-one), entitled
"An act to provide for the receiving, opening and publishing
of the returns of the election for state treasurer and of
auditor general when elected at the same election," absolutely.
The act approved the eighth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one (Pamphlet Laws, seventy), entitled "An
act to prevent bribery and fraud at nominating elections,
nominating conventions, returning boards, county or executive
committees, and at election of delegates to nominating
conventions, in the several counties in this Commonwealth,"
absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
twenty-eight), entitled "An act to regulate the holding of, and
to prevent frauds in, the primary elections of the several
political parties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,"
absolutely.
The act approved the thirteenth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three (Pamphlet Laws, ninety-two),
entitled "An act for the better protection of the electors of
this Commonwealth," absolutely.
The act approved the thirteenth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three (Pamphlet Laws, ninety-six),
entitled "An act to prohibit political parties, committees, or
members thereof from assessing upon or demanding from public
officials contributions for political purposes, in the several
counties of this Commonwealth," absolutely.
The act approved the thirteenth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
twenty-four), entitled "An act to empower any judge of any court
of common pleas, of any county in this Commonwealth, to fix the
place of election in certain cases," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-third day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-five (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
forty-four), entitled "An act for the regulation of advertising
of general elections," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-five (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
forty-nine), entitled "An act amendatory of an act, entitled
'An act to prescribe the manner by which the courts of quarter
sessions may change the boundaries of election districts and
townships,'" absolutely.
The act approved the nineteenth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
twenty-six), entitled "An act to preserve the purity of
elections by declaring drunkenness on the part of election
officers and assessors of poll taxes to be a misdemeanor, and
by requiring elections to be held in rooms in which liquor is
not sold, so far as possible," absolutely.
The act approved the nineteenth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
thirty-six), entitled "An act to organize and define the
congressional districts of Pennsylvania," absolutely.
Section one of the act, approved the twenty-sixth day of
April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine (Pamphlet
Laws, sixty), entitled "An act providing for the issuing of
commissions in cases of contested election," absolutely.
The act approved the ninth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred sixty-two),
entitled "An act to punish bribery at certain elections,"
absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-one (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
thirty-four), entitled "An act to amend sections one, two and
three of an act, entitled 'A further supplement of the act
regulating elections in this Commonwealth' approved the
thirtieth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-four, changing the time and manner of making the
registry of voters and the duties of registry assessors,"
absolutely.
The act approved the eleventh day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-one (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred ninety-six),
entitled "An act to enable any township within this Commonwealth
which surrounds or immediately adjoins any borough or city,
within this Commonwealth, to hold all elections authorized by
law within the corporate limits of such borough or city,"
absolutely.
The act approved the nineteenth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-one (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
forty-nine), entitled "An act to regulate the nomination and
election of public officers, requiring certain expenses incident
thereto to be paid by the several counties and certain other
expenses to be paid by the Commonwealth, and punishing certain
offenses in regard to such elections," absolutely.
The act approved the tenth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, thirty-six), entitled
"An act relating to the naturalization of aliens and prohibiting
the payment of the expenses connected therewith by officers and
members of political organizations and by candidates,"
absolutely.
The act approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred one),
entitled "An act to amend section six of the act, entitled 'A
further supplement to the act regulating elections in this
Commonwealth' approved the thirtieth day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, extending the power
of the several courts of common pleas of the Commonwealth to
appoint election officers in certain cases," absolutely.
The act approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred six),
entitled "An act to empower the court of quarter sessions of
any county of this Commonwealth to fix the place of holding the
general election," absolutely.
The act approved the eighteenth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
seven), entitled "An act providing that voters in this
Commonwealth shall cast their ballots at polling places inside
the election district in which they are domiciled and making
it the duty of the courts of quarter sessions of the several
counties to carry out the provisions of the same," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
twenty-nine), entitled "An act to amend the thirty-second
section of an act, entitled 'An act relating to elections in
this Commonwealth' approved the second day of July, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, providing for
mileage for Presidential electors and increasing the contingent
expenses of said electors," absolutely.
The act approved the sixth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
twenty-four), entitled "An act amending the eighty-fourth
section of an act, entitled 'An act regulating election
districts, and for other purposes' approved the fourth day of
March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-two,
providing for the appointment of judges and inspectors of
elections in case of tie votes in elections for said judges and
inspectors," absolutely.
The act approved the tenth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred nineteen),
entitled "An act to regulate the nomination and election of
public officers, requiring certain expenses incident thereto
to be paid by the several counties and punishing certain
offenses in regard to such elections," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-five (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
thirty-seven), entitled "An act regulating the pay of election
officers at all elections hereafter to be held within this
Commonwealth," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-five (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
ninety), entitled "An act to amend the tenth section of an act,
entitled 'A supplement to an act, entitled "An act relating to
the elections of this Commonwealth" passed the second day of
July, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine,
and for other purposes,' approved the thirteenth day of June,
Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty, providing for
daily pay of judges for making returns of township elections,"
absolutely.
Sections two and three of the act, approved the twenty-fifth
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five
(Pamphlet Laws, two hundred ninety-six), entitled "An act
requiring tax collectors of townships and boroughs of the
Commonwealth to give a numbered tax receipt from a book to be
furnished by the county commissioners containing a
correspondingly numbered stub, and requiring a sheet setting
forth name, amount of tax paid and number of receipt to be sent,
twenty days before each election, to the county commissioners
for public inspection, and to provide for punishment of tax
collectors violating the provisions of this act," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-five (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
seventy-seven), entitled "An act to authorize the courts of
quarter sessions to consolidate election districts in townships,
boroughs and cities, and for the appointment of election
officers, and the fixing of the place of elections therein,"
absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-five (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
eighty-nine), entitled "An act punishing the printing, posting
and distributing of any libelous circular or poster or other
written or printed paper," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-five (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
ninety-two), entitled "An act to amend the tenth section of an
act, entitled 'An act to regulate the nomination and election
of public officers, requiring certain expenses incident thereto
to be paid by the several counties, and punishing certain
offenses in regard to such elections,'" absolutely.
The act approved the fourteenth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-seven (Pamphlet Laws, twenty-three),
entitled "An act to amend section twenty-nine of an act,
approved the tenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-three, entitled 'An act to regulate the nomination and
election of public officers, requiring certain expenses incident
thereto to be paid by the several counties, and punishing
certain offenses in regard to such elections,' providing for
the filling of vacancies in contested elections where the
tribunal trying the case shall declare the election to be
invalid," absolutely.
The act approved the fifth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-seven (Pamphlet Laws, thirty-eight), entitled
"An act to amend section six of the act, entitled 'A further
supplement to the act regulating elections in this Commonwealth'
approved the thirtieth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four, amended by the act, entitled 'An act
to amend section six of the act, entitled "A further supplement
to the act regulating elections in this Commonwealth" approved
the thirtieth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four, extending the power of the several courts of
common pleas of the Commonwealth to appoint election officers
in certain cases' which amending act was approved the eighteenth
day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three,
providing for the filling of vacancies in the election boards
heretofore or hereafter elected or appointed by the judges of
the courts of common pleas of the proper county," absolutely.
The act approved the nineteenth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-seven (Pamphlet Laws, seventy-eight),
entitled "An act amending the eighty-fourth section of an act,
entitled 'An act regulating election districts, and for other
purposes' approved the fourth day of March, Anno Domini one
thousand eight hundred and forty-two, as amended by an act
approved the sixth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-three, entitled 'An act amending the
eighty-fourth section of an act, entitled "An act regulating
election districts, and for other purposes" approved the fourth
day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and
forty-two, providing for the appointment of judges and
inspectors of elections in case of tie votes in the election
of said judges and inspectors' by providing for a tie vote for
either of said officers," absolutely.
The act approved the fifteenth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-seven (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
sixty-five), entitled "An act authorizing, empowering and
directing the county commissioners of the several counties of
this Commonwealth to pay to the constables of their respective
counties, for the services rendered by such constables in making
returns to court of elections, attending special, borough,
township or ward elections, and traveling expenses incidental
thereto, since the first day of January, Anno Domini one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, in all cases where the
same remain unpaid," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-seven (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
seventy-nine), entitled "An act to amend section two of an act,
entitled 'An act to regulate the nomination and election of
public officers, requiring certain expenses incident thereto
to be paid by the several counties, and punishing certain
offenses in regard to such elections' approved June ten, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, providing for
certifying nominations in cases where there is no opposition
to a candidate or candidates," absolutely.
The act approved the ninth day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-seven (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
twenty-three), entitled "An act to amend sections three, four,
five, six, nine and fourteen of an act, entitled 'An act to
regulate the nomination and election of public officers,
requiring certain expenses incident thereto to be paid by the
several counties, and punishing certain offenses in regard to
such elections' approved the tenth day of June, Anno Domini one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, by specifying how the
names adopted by political bodies may be protected, fixing the
time for filing certificates of nominations and nomination
papers, limiting the number of times that names of candidates
shall appear on the official ballot, and prescribing how the
same shall be certified by the Secretary of the Commonwealth,"
absolutely.
The act approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-seven (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
fifty-seven), entitled "An act to amend section one hundred and
twenty of an act, entitled 'An act relating to elections of
this Commonwealth' approved the second day of July, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, so as to increase
the penalty for fraudulent and illegal voting, and aiding and
abetting the same," absolutely.
The act approved the fourteenth day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-seven (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
sixty-one), entitled "An act to amend section one hundred and
nineteen of an act, entitled 'An act relating to the elections
in this Commonwealth' approved the second day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, so as to increase the
penalty for fraudulent and illegal voting, and aiding and
abetting the same," absolutely.
The act approved the fifteenth day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-seven (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
seventy-five), entitled "An act to prohibit assessments of and
demands for contributions from the officers and employes of
this Commonwealth, and of any county or city therein, and
providing penalties therefor," absolutely.
The act approved the fifteenth day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-seven (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
seventy-six), entitled "An act to prohibit the payment of any
occupation or poll tax assessed for State or county purposes
of any elector, by any person other than the elector against
whom such tax is assessed, except upon the written and signed
order of such assessed elector, and prescribing penalties,"
absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-nine (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
three), entitled "A further supplement to an act designating
the several classes of contested elections in this Commonwealth,
and providing for the trial thereof, approved the nineteenth
day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four, limiting the time within which testimony shall
be taken in certain contested elections," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-nine (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
eighteen), entitled "An act to amend the ninth section of an
act, entitled 'An act designating the several classes of
contested elections in this Commonwealth, and providing for the
trial thereof' approved the nineteenth day of May, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, providing that the
costs in certain cases shall be placed on the petitioners,"
absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-nine (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
twenty-seven), entitled "An act to amend section thirteen of
an act, entitled 'A further supplement to the act regulating
elections in this Commonwealth' approved the thirtieth day of
January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four, to provide for the computation of the returns of
the election of any officer of a district composed of two or
more counties, or parts of two or more counties, other than a
Representative or Senator of the State Legislature, or a
Representative in Congress, or a Judge of the Courts, by return
judges to be appointed by the courts of the counties comprising
such district," absolutely.
The act approved the sixth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-nine (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred fifty-four),
entitled "An act to amend the tenth section of an act, entitled
'A further supplement to the act regulating elections in this
Commonwealth' approved the thirtieth day of January, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four," absolutely.
The act approved the fourteenth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
eighty-seven), entitled "An act relating to change of
polling-places, and authorizing the county commissioners to
change the same," absolutely.
The act approved the sixteenth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred thirteen),
entitled "An act amending section twenty-three of the act of
June tenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three
(Pamphlet Laws, four hundred thirty), relating to watchers at
elections, and providing that they must be residents of the
district or division within which they act," absolutely.
An act approved the sixteenth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred seventeen),
entitled "An act amending section seventy-four of an act
'Relating to the elections of this Commonwealth' approved the
second day of July, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-nine," absolutely.
An act approved the sixteenth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred twenty),
entitled "An act amending an act, entitled 'An act regulating
the pay of election officers at all elections hereafter held
within this Commonwealth' approved the twenty-fourth day of
June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five,
and fixing the pay of elections officers," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-first day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred twenty-four),
entitled "An act to amend section six of the act of July the
ninth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven (Pamphlet
Laws, two hundred twenty-three), by providing that, where
objections to nomination certificate or paper are not sustained
by any court, the petitioner shall be compelled to pay the
costs," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
thirty-eight), entitled "An act to further amend the ninth and
fourteenth sections of the act, entitled 'An act to regulate
the nomination and election of public officers, requiring
certain expenses incident thereto to be paid by the several
counties, and punishing certain offenses in regard to such
elections' approved the tenth day of June, eighteen hundred and
ninety-three, as amended by an act approved the ninth day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, also to amend
the twenty-second, twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth, and thirtieth
sections of said act to regulate the nomination and election
of public officers, requiring certain expenses incident thereto
to be paid by the several counties, and punishing certain
offenses in regard to such elections, approved the tenth day
of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, by repealing the
limit upon the number of times the names of candidates shall
appear on the official ballot; by specifying the form, contents,
and manner of printing, and counting of official ballots, and
of making return of all votes, and of announcing the total vote;
by directing the manner in which voters may designate their
choice of candidates, and their votes upon constitutional
amendments or other questions submitted for their votes; by
prescribing the duties of voters, elections officers, police
officers, constables, deputy constables, and helpers; and
prescribing forms of punishment for violations thereof,"
absolutely.
The act approved the fifth day of March, one thousand nine
hundred and six (Pamphlet Laws, seventy-eight), entitled "An
act to regulate nominations and election expenses, and to
require accounts of nomination and election expenses to be
filed, and providing penalties for the violation of this act,"
absolutely.
The act approved the sixth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and nine (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred twenty-five),
entitled "An act to amend section thirteen of an act, entitled
'A further supplement to the act regulating elections in this
Commonwealth' approved the thirtieth day of January, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, as amended by the
act of April twenty-eight, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-nine, so as to reduce from three to two the minimum
number of judges to be designated in the counties of
Philadelphia and Allegheny to receive, compute, and certify the
election returns, required by said section to be presented by
the prothonotary to the courts of common pleas, thus
assimilating the practice of said counties to that in the other
counties of the Commonwealth," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-first day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, eighty), entitled "An
act to authorize any territory that may be annexed to a city
under existing laws to be added to an adjacent ward or wards,
or created into a new ward, and providing for the election of
officers and places of holding elections in new wards thus
created," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred
thirty-two), entitled "An act regulating pay of elections
officers and clerks at certain elections hereafter held within
this Commonwealth," absolutely.
The act approved the seventh day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred ninety-three),
entitled "An act prescribing the manner and time of submitting
to the qualified electors of the State proposed amendments to
the Constitution in order to determine whether the same be
approved by a majority of those voting thereon, as provided by
Article eighteen, section one of the Constitution," absolutely.
The act approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred nineteen),
entitled "An act regulating certain political parties; providing
for and regulating the nomination of candidates of such
political parties for certain public offices, the election of
delegates and alternate delegates to National party conventions,
and of certain party officers, including State committeemen; a
method whereby electors of such political parties may express
their choice of candidates for the office of President of the
United States; and the payment of the several counties, and
their reimbursement by the State, of the expenses of the same;
authorizing the State committee of a political party to make,
and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules, and providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions of this act, and for the
punishment of certain offenses provided for herein; and
repealing inconsistent legislation," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand
nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred
ninety-five), entitled "An act to provide for the nomination
and election of candidates for the office of United States
Senator, and the filling of vacancies in said office,"
absolutely.
The act approved the fourteenth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
twenty-two), entitled "An act requiring and regulating the
declaring and posting of the vote at election districts at a
primary election," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred
thirty-eight), entitled "An act providing for the payment by
the several counties of the Commonwealth of the expenses of
holding primary elections," absolutely.
The act approved the eighteenth day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, ten hundred
twenty-five), entitled "An act to amend section five of an act,
entitled 'An act regulating certain political parties; providing
for and regulating the nomination of candidates of such
political parties for certain public offices, the election of
delegates and alternate delegates to National party conventions,
and of certain party officers, including State committeemen; a
method whereby electors of such political parties may express
their choice of candidates for the office of President of the
United States; and the payment by the several counties, and
their reimbursement by the State, of the expenses of the same;
authorizing the State committee of a political party to make,
and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules; and providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions of this act, and for the
punishment of certain offenses provided for herein; and
repealing inconsistent legislation' approved the twelfth day
of July, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and thirteen,"
absolutely.
The act approved the eighteenth day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, ten hundred
forty-four), entitled "An act amending section four of an act,
approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and
thirteen, entitled 'An act regulating certain political parties,
providing for and regulating the nomination of candidates of
such political parties for certain public offices, the election
of delegates and alternate delegates to National party
conventions, and of certain party officers, including State
committeemen; a method whereby electors of such political
parties may express their choice of candidates for the office
of President of the United States; and the payment by the
several counties, and their reimbursement by the State, of the
expenses of the same; authorizing the State committee of a
political party to make, and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules;
and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of
this act, and for the punishment of certain offenses provided
for herein; and repealing inconsistent legislation,'"
absolutely.
The act approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
forty-four), entitled "An act to amend the first, sixth, and
seventh sections of an act, entitled 'An act regulating certain
political parties; providing for and regulating the nomination
of candidates of such political parties for certain public
offices, the election of delegates and alternate delegates to
National party conventions, and of certain party officers,
including State committeemen; a method whereby electors of such
political parties may express their choice of candidates for
the office of President of the United States; and the payment
by the several counties, and their reimbursement by the State,
of the expenses of the same; authorizing the State committee
of a political party to make, and to alter, amend, and revoke,
rules; and providing penalties for the violation of the
provisions of this act, and for the punishment of certain
offenses provided for herein; and repealing inconsistent
legislation' approved the twelfth day of July, Anno Domini one
thousand nine hundred and thirteen; so as to change the time
for filing petitions of nomination, and the time for the
organization of the State committees," absolutely.
The act approved the sixth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred
fifty-three), entitled "An act to amend section three of an
act, approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred
thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred nineteen), entitled 'An
act regulating certain political parties; providing for and
regulating the nomination of candidates of such political
parties for certain public offices, the election of delegates
and alternate delegates to National party conventions, and of
certain party officers, including State committeemen; a method
whereby electors of such political parties may express their
choice of candidates for the office of President of the United
States; and the payment by the several counties, and their
reimbursement by the State, of the expenses of the same;
authorizing the State committee of a political party to make,
and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules; and providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions of this act, and for the
punishment of certain offenses provided for herein; and
repealing inconsistent legislation,'" absolutely.
The act approved the twentieth day of July, one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, eleven hundred
fifty-eight), entitled "An act to fix, regulate, and establish
the fees to be charged and received by constables in this
Commonwealth" in so far as it relates to fees to be charged and
received by constables for attending elections.
The act approved the eighteenth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, sixty-eight), entitled
"An act amending section five of an act, approved the fifth day
of March, one thousand nine hundred and six (Pamphlet Laws,
seventy-eight), entitled 'An act to regulate nomination and
election expenses, and to require accounts of nomination and
election expenses to be filed, and providing penalties for the
violation of this act,'" absolutely.
An act approved the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred fifty-eight),
entitled "An act fixing the time of meeting of the return judges
in the several congressional, senatorial, representative, and
judicial districts, composed of two or more counties or parts
of two or more counties; prescribing the manner of making and
certifying the consolidated returns; imposing certain duties
on prothonotaries and county commissioners; and fixing the
compensation of such return judges," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-third day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
seventy-four), entitled "An act to amend part of section one
of an act, approved the twentieth day of July, one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand one
hundred fifty-eight), entitled 'An act to fix, regulate and
establish the fees to be charged and received by constables in
this Commonwealth,'" absolutely.
The act approved the eighth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred sixty-nine),
entitled "An act to amend section one of an act, approved the
fourteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three,
entitled 'An act relating to change of polling-places, and
authorizing the commissioners to change the same,'" absolutely.
The act approved the ninth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred five),
entitled "An act to enable county commissioners to abolish
election districts in which less than ten qualified electors
reside," absolutely.
The act approved the ninth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred twenty-nine),
entitled "An act to further amend the twenty-second section of
an act, entitled 'An act to regulate the nomination and election
of public officers, requiring certain expenses incident thereto
to be paid by the several counties, and punishing certain
offenses in regard to such elections' approved the tenth day
of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, as amended by an
act, approved the twenty-ninth day of April, nineteen hundred
and three, by providing a manner in which voters may designate
their choice of candidates; and repealing acts or parts of acts
inconsistent therewith,'" absolutely.
The act approved the ninth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred thirty-two),
entitled "An act amending sections five, six, and seven of an
act, approved the tenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred
ninety-three, entitled 'An act to regulate the nomination and
election of public officers, requiring certain expenses incident
thereto to be paid by the several counties, and punishing
certain offenses in regard to such elections' as the same was
amended by an act, approved the ninth day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-seven, and an act, approved the
twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three,"
absolutely.
The act approved the ninth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred thirty-six),
entitled "An act to amend section three of an act, approved the
twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen
(Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred nineteen), entitled 'An act
regulating certain political parties; providing for and
regulating the nomination of candidates of such political
parties for certain public offices, the election of delegates
and alternate delegates to national party conventions, and of
certain party officers, including State committeemen; a method
whereby electors of such political parties may express their
choice of candidates for the office of president of the United
States; and the payment by the several counties, and their
reimbursement by the State, of the expenses of the same;
authorizing the State committee of a political party to make,
and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules; and providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions of this act, and for the
punishment of certain offenses provided for herein; and
repealing inconsistent legislation,' as amended," absolutely.
The act approved the ninth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred thirty-nine),
entitled "An act to amend sections seven, ten, thirteen,
fourteen, and fifteen of an act, entitled 'An act regulating
certain political parties; providing for and regulating the
nomination of candidates of such political parties for certain
public offices, the election of delegates and alternate
delegates to national party conventions, and of certain party
officers, including State committeemen; a method whereby
electors of such political parties may express their choice of
candidates for the office of President of the United States;
and the payment of the several counties, and their reimbursement
by the State, of the expenses of the same, authorizing the State
committee of a political party to make, and to alter, amend,
and revoke, rules; and providing penalties for the violation
of the provisions of this act, and for the punishment of certain
offenses provided for herein; and repealing inconsistent
legislation' approved the twelfth day of July, Anno Domini one
thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred
nineteen), as amended, so as to provide fully how many official
and specimen ballots shall be provided for each party at the
primaries and to whom the same shall be delivered, what other
election materials shall be furnished, and what printed
instructions shall be given voters and elections officers, how
the official ballots shall be given to qualified electors, how
party membership shall be evidenced, and how and when it may
be challenged, how the vote shall be counted, recorded, and
returned by the election officers, what shall be done with the
ballots voted, their stubs, and the unused, spoiled, and void
ballots, tally papers, oaths of election officers, affidavits
of voters, et cetera, lists of voters of each party, triplicate
and other return sheets, and who shall have the custody of same;
to require the return and public inspection of all the spoiled
and unused ballots from each election district before the
computation of any returns therefrom; to prescribe the method
of computing and canvassing such returns publicly; to provide
who shall constitute the return board for any county wherein
one or more of the commissioners are candidates at any primary;
to regulate the manner of correcting apparent errors in certain
returns, and the opening of ballot boxes, and the recounting
of votes, when any county commissioner, prothonotary, or judge
of the court of common pleas deems it necessary in order to
obtain a correct count or upon the petition of three electors
averring fraud or error; to assure the right of any authorized
representative of any party or candidate to hear, record, and
check up the returns as read, as well as to inspect the same
and any other public documents relating to any primary election;
to allow any person aggrieved by any decision of the county
commissioners or prothonotary to appeal therefrom to the court
of common pleas of the proper county; to make certain violations
of said act, as amended hereby, misdemeanors; and to provide
penalties for the punishment of such offenses; to provide that
nomination petitions of candidates for any municipal office to
be filled by a vote of the electors of a senatorial district
shall be signed by at least two hundred qualified electors of
such district; and to repeal inconsistent legislation,"
absolutely.
The act approved the ninth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred fifty-five),
entitled "An act to amend section three of an act, approved the
tenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three
(Pamphlet Laws, four hundred nineteen), entitled 'An act to
regulate the nomination and election of public officers,
requiring certain expenses incident thereto to be paid by the
several counties, and punishing certain offenses in regard to
such elections' as amended," absolutely.
The act approved the fifteenth day of July, one thousand
nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred
sixty-six), entitled "An act providing for voting by soldiers,
sailors, and marines, in service or discharged therefrom,
returning to their homes, who have been unable to qualify
themselves as electors in accordance with existing law,"
absolutely.
The act approved the tenth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred
twenty-three), entitled "An act providing for the nomination
and election of judges of courts of record, and repealing
certain acts," absolutely.
Section one of an act, approved the tenth day of May, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, four
hundred twenty-six), entitled "An act regulating nominations
and elections for all elective offices of cities of the second
class, and repealing certain acts," absolutely.
Sections 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of an act, approved the tenth day
of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws,
four hundred forty-nine), entitled "An act to fix the number
of Senators in the General Assembly of the State; to apportion
the State into senatorial districts, as provided by the
Constitution; and to regulate the election of, and the terms
of office of, the present and future elected Senators."
The act approved the sixteenth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred eighteen),
entitled "An act to amend section six of the act, approved the
thirtieth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four (Pamphlet Laws, thirty-one), entitled 'A further
supplement to the act regulating elections in this Commonwealth'
as amended; authorizing the Court of quarter sessions to appoint
election officers in cases of vacancy," absolutely.
The act approved the seventeenth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred
sixty-nine), entitled "An act to further amend section fourteen
of an act, approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred nineteen),
entitled 'An act regulating certain political parties; providing
for and regulating the nomination of candidates of such
political parties for certain public offices, the election of
delegates and alternate delegates to national party conventions,
and of certain party officers, including State committeemen; a
method whereby electors of such political parties may express
their choice of candidates for the office of President of the
United States; and the payment by the several counties, and
their reimbursement by the State, of the expenses of the same;
authorizing the State committee of a political party to make,
and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules; and providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions of this act, and for the
punishment of certain offenses provided for herein; and
repealing inconsistent legislation,'" as amended, absolutely.
The act approved the seventeenth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred eighty),
entitled "An act to amend section five of an act, approved the
twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen
(Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred nineteen), entitled 'An act
regulating certain political parties; providing for and
regulating the nomination of candidates of such political
parties for certain public offices, the election of delegates
and alternate delegates to national party conventions, and of
certain party officers, including State committeemen; a method
whereby electors of such political parties may express their
choice of candidates for the office of President of the United
States; and the payment by the several counties, and their
reimbursement by the State, of the expenses of the same;
authorizing the State committee of a political party to make,
and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules; and providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions of this act, and for the
punishment of certain offenses provided for herein; and
repealing inconsistent legislation,'" absolutely.
The act approved the twentieth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred
fifty-eight), entitled "An act to fix the time for filing
nomination certificates and nomination papers to fill vacancies
caused by the withdrawal of candidates," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, ten hundred
seventy-nine), entitled "An act to amend section sixteen of an
act, approved the tenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred nineteen),
entitled 'An act to regulate the nomination and election of
public officers; requiring certain expenses incident thereto
to be paid by the several counties; and punishing certain
offenses in regard to such elections,'" absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, eleven hundred
twenty-five), entitled "An act to further amend section fifteen
of the act, approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred nineteen),
entitled 'An act regulating certain political parties; providing
for and regulating the nomination of candidates of such
political parties for certain public offices, the election of
delegates and alternate delegates to national party conventions,
and of certain party officers, including State committeemen; a
method whereby electors of such political parties may express
their choice of candidates for the office of President of the
United States; and the payment by the several counties, and
their reimbursement by the State, of the expenses of the same;
authorizing the State committee of a political party to make,
and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules; and providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions of this act, and for the
punishment of certain offenses provided for herein; and
repealing inconsistent legislation' by empowering the court of
common pleas, instead of the return board, to open ballot boxes
when fraud or error not manifest on the general return is
alleged," absolutely.
The act approved the third day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws, fifty-five), entitled
"An act to amend section one of the act, approved the seventh
day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet
Laws, six hundred ninety-three), entitled 'An act prescribing
the manner and time of submitting to the qualified electors of
the State proposed amendments to the Constitution in order to
determine whether the same be approved by a majority of those
voting thereon, as provided by article eighteen, section one,
of the Constitution,'" absolutely.
The act approved the eighteenth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws, sixty-seven),
entitled "An act to amend section seven of the act, approved
the tenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred nineteen), entitled
'An act to regulate the nomination and election of Public
officers, requiring certain expenses incident thereto to be
paid by the several counties, and punishing certain offenses
in regard to such elections,' as amended," absolutely.
The act approved the seventh day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred
forty-seven), entitled "An act to amend section seventy-four
of an act, approved the second day of July, one thousand eight
hundred thirty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred and nineteen),
entitled 'An act relating to the elections of this
Commonwealth,' as amended," absolutely.
The act approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
fifty-six), entitled "An act to amend section three of an act,
approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and
thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred nineteen), entitled 'An
act regulating certain political parties; providing for and
regulating the nomination of candidates of such political
parties for certain public offices, the election of delegates
and alternate delegates to national party conventions, and of
certain officers, including State committeemen; a method whereby
electors of such political parties may express their choice of
candidates for the office of President of the United States;
and the payment by the several counties, and their reimbursement
by the State, of the expenses of the same; authorizing the State
committee of a political party to make, and to alter, amend,
and revoke, rules; and providing penalties for the violation
of the provisions of this act, and for the punishment of certain
offenses provided for herein; and repealing inconsistent
legislation,' as amended," absolutely.
The act approved the nineteenth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
sixty-seven), entitled "An act to amend section thirteen of the
act, approved the thirtieth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four (Pamphlet Laws, thirty-one), entitled
'A further supplement to the act regulating elections in this
Commonwealth' as amended, by authorizing the members of the
board for receiving, computing, and certifying election returns
to act when a majority of the members thereof are not
qualified," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-first day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
ninety-three), entitled "An act to amend the fourth paragraph
of section fourteen of an act, approved the twelfth day of July,
one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven
hundred nineteen), entitled 'An act regulating certain political
parties; providing for and regulating the nomination of
candidates of such political parties for certain public offices,
the election of delegates and alternate delegates to national
party conventions, and of certain party officers, including
State committeemen; a method whereby electors of such political
parties may express their choice of candidate for the office
of President of the United States; and the payment by the
several counties, and their reimbursement by the State, of the
expenses of the same; authorizing the State committee of a
political party to make, and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules;
and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of
this act, and for the punishment of certain offenses provided
for herein; and repealing inconsistent legislation,' as
amended," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-second day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
nine), entitled "An act providing a system whereby persons
absent from their regular polling places may cast their votes,
imposing certain powers and duties upon the county
commissioners, prothonotaries, return boards of the various
counties, and the board of registration commissioners in cities
of the first and second class, in relation thereto; and
providing penalties," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-third day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
forty), entitled "An act to amend section eleven of the act,
approved the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and forty (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred and eighty-three),
entitled 'A supplement to an act, entitled "An act relating to
the elections of this Commonwealth" passed the second day of
July, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
and for other purposes' allowing constables mileage for
advertising elections, and compensation for advertising
elections where there is more than one polling place in a
district, said mileage and compensation to be paid by counties,"
absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred
fifty-five), entitled "An act fixing the pay of election
officers and clerks in cities of the first class," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred
twenty), entitled "An act to amend section fourteen of the act,
approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and
thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred nineteen), entitled 'An
act regulating certain political parties; providing for and
regulating the nomination of candidates of such political
parties for certain public offices, the election of delegates
and alternate delegates to National party conventions, and of
certain party officers, including State committeemen; a method
whereby electors of such political parties may express their
choice of candidates for the office of President of the United
States; and the payment by the several counties, and their
reimbursement by the State, of the expenses of the same;
authorizing the State committee of a political party to make,
and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules; and providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions of this act, and for the
punishment of certain offenses provided for herein; and
repealing inconsistent legislation,' as amended," absolutely.
The act approved the eleventh day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws, ten hundred
thirty-four), entitled "An act concerning the domicile of a
married woman," absolutely.
The act approved the first day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-five (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred three),
entitled "An act to further amend section thirteen of the act,
approved the thirtieth day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four (Pamphlet Laws, thirty-one), entitled
'A further supplement to the act regulating elections in this
Commonwealth' as amended; empowering associate judges to act
as return boards where the resident president judge is a
candidate,'" absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-seventh day of April, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-five (Pamphlet Laws, three
hundred five), entitled "An act fixing the pay of election
officers and clerks in counties of the second class,"
absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-seventh day of April, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-five (Pamphlet Laws, three
hundred eleven), entitled "An act to amend section one of the
act, approved the seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred
and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred and ninety-three),
entitled 'An act prescribing the manner and time of submitting
to the qualified electors of the State proposed amendments to
the Constitution in order to determine whether the same be
approved by a majority of those voting thereon, as provided by
article eighteen, section one, of the Constitution,' as
amended," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-five (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
sixty-one), entitled "An act to amend the first paragraph of
the seventh section, and the nineteenth section of an act,
entitled 'An act regulating certain political parties; providing
for the regulating and nomination of candidates of such
political parties for certain public offices, the election of
delegates and alternate delegates to National party conventions,
and of certain party officers, including State committeemen; a
method whereby electors of such political parties may express
their choice of candidates for the office of President of the
United States; and the payment by the several counties, and
their reimbursement by the State, of the expenses of the same;
authorizing the State committee of a political party to make,
and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules; and providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions of this act, and for the
punishment of certain offenses provided for herein; and
repealing inconsistent legislation' approved the twelfth day
of July, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and thirteen
(Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred nineteen), as amended, so far as
to change the time for filing petitions of nomination and for
withdrawal of candidates," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-third day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
sixty), entitled "An act providing for the opening of ballot
boxes after general, municipal, special, or primary elections,
upon petition to the court of common pleas, or a judge thereof,
under certain circumstances, and imposing certain duties in
connection therewith upon the court, the prothonotary, and the
county treasurer," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-third day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
sixty-three), entitled "An act to amend section twenty-six, and
section thirty as amended, of the act, approved the tenth day
of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three (Pamphlet
Laws, four hundred and nineteen), entitled 'An act to regulate
the nomination and election of public officers, requiring
certain expenses incident thereto to be paid by the several
counties, and punishing certain offenses in regard to such
elections' by specifying the circumstances and conditions under
which voters may have assistance in marking their ballots at
general, municipal, special, and primary elections; prescribing
certain duties to be performed by the Secretary of the
Commonwealth and election officers; providing penalties; and
repealing inconsistent legislation," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-third day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
sixty-seven), entitled "An act to amend section four of the act
of the fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six
(Pamphlet Laws, seventy-eight), entitled 'An act to regulate
nomination and election expenses, and to require accounts of
nomination and election expenses to be filed, and providing
penalties for the violation of this act,'" absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-third day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
seventy-two), entitled "An act to fix the time for filing
petitions for nomination with the county commissioners,"
absolutely.
The act approved the fifth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred
nineteen), entitled "An act fixing the pay of election officers
and clerks appointed by the inspectors, except in cities of the
first class and counties of the second class," absolutely.
The act approved the eighteenth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred
forty-nine), entitled "An act to permit the use of voting
machines for recording and computing the vote at all elections,
including primaries in any county, city, borough or township
of the Commonwealth, at the option of the electors thereof;
prescribing regulations with reference to the adoption,
requirements, examination, purchase, installation, preparation,
custody and demonstration of use of voting machines; providing
rules and regulations for the conduct of elections held with
voting machines; prescribing the qualifications, number and
duties of election officers in election districts in which
voting machines may be used; placing duties upon county
commissioners and the Secretary of the Commonwealth; providing
for redivision of wards of cities and boroughs into election
districts, and the consolidation of election districts;
providing for the payment of expenses incident to the purchase
and use of voting machines by the counties in which they are
used; and providing penalties for violation of the provisions
of this act," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred
thirty-six), entitled "An act providing for a separate ballot
when constitutional amendments or other questions are submitted
to the vote of the people," absolutely.
The act approved the ninth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, sixteen hundred
ninety-one), entitled, "An act relating to return boards
computing general and municipal election returns," absolutely.
The act approved the third day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred thirty-one),
entitled "An act to amend section one of the act, approved the
twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred
twenty-five (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred five) entitled 'An
act fixing the pay of election officers and clerks in counties
of the second class,'" absolutely.
Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the act, approved the
twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and
thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred sixty-seven), entitled
'An act to designate the several judicial districts of the
Commonwealth as required by the Constitution, and to provide
for the election and commissioning of judges, learned in the
law, for the said districts.'"
The act approved the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
thirty-eight), entitled "An act to amend section thirteen of
the act, approved the thirtieth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four (Pamphlet Laws, thirty-one),
entitled 'A further supplement to the act regulating elections
in this Commonwealth,' as amended; by authorizing the members
of the board for receiving, computing, and certifying election
returns to provide for election returns in school districts
which comprise the territory of or territory from two or more
municipalities," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-third day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, eleven hundred
eighty-five), entitled "An act to amend sections one, three,
four, five, six, seven, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,
fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-one,
twenty-two, twenty-three, and twenty-seven of the act, approved
the eighteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred forty-nine), entitled
'An act to permit the use of voting machines for recording and
computing the vote at all elections, including primaries in any
county, city, borough or township of the Commonwealth, at the
option of the electors thereof; prescribing regulations with
reference to the adoption, requirements, examination, purchase,
installation, preparation, custody and demonstration of use of
voting machines; providing rules and regulations for the conduct
of elections held with voting machines; prescribing the
qualifications, number and duties of election officers in
election districts in which voting machines may be used; placing
duties upon county commissioners and the Secretary of the
Commonwealth; providing for redivision of wards of cities and
boroughs into election districts, and the consolidation of
election districts; providing for the payment of expenses
incident to the purchase and use of voting machines by the
counties in which they are used; and providing penalties for
violation of the provisions of this act,'" absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred
twenty-six), entitled "An act to amend section fourteen of the
act, approved the fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred
and six (Pamphlet Laws, seventy-eight), entitled 'An act to
regulate nomination and election expenses, and to require
accounts of nomination and election expenses to be filed, and
providing penalties for the violation of this act,'" absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred
twenty-seven), entitled "An act providing a method for
preventing any elector from depositing in the ballot box, at
primary, municipal, general, or other elections, any ballot
other than that received from the election officers; and
imposing penalties," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred
twenty-eight), entitled "An act to further amend sections
fourteen and twenty-two of an act, approved the tenth day of
June, eighteen hundred ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred
nineteen), entitled 'An act to regulate the nomination and
election of public officers, requiring certain expenses incident
thereto to be paid by the several counties, and punishing
certain offenses in regard to such elections' so as to provide
that the names of candidates for Presidential electors shall
no longer be printed on the ballot," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred
thirty-four), entitled "An act supplementing the act, approved
the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen
(Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred nineteen), entitled 'An act
regulating certain political parties; providing for and
regulating the nomination of candidates of such political
parties for certain public offices, the election of delegates
and alternate delegates to National Party conventions, and of
certain party officers, including State committeemen; a method
whereby electors of such political parties may express their
choice of candidates for the office of President of the United
States; and the payment by the several counties, and their
reimbursement by the State, of the expenses of the same;
authorizing the State committee of a political party to make,
and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules; and providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions of this act, and for the
punishment of certain offenses provided for herein; and
repealing inconsistent legislation' by providing a method for
determining the period of time as provided therein," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred
thirty-five), entitled "An act to amend section thirteen of the
act, approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred
and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred nineteen), entitled
'An act regulating certain political parties; providing for and
regulating the nomination of candidates of such political
parties for certain public offices, the election of delegates
and alternate delegates to National party conventions, and of
certain party officers, including State committeemen; a method
whereby electors of such political parties may express their
choice of candidates for the office of President of the United
States, and the payment by the several counties, and their
reimbursement by the State, of the expenses of the same;
authorizing the State committee of a political party to make,
and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules; and providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions of this act, and for the
punishment of certain offenses provided for herein; and
repealing inconsistent legislation' as amended, providing that
electors in boroughs, towns, and townships may at primaries
declare their party preference and vote on age," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred
eighty-five), entitled "An act to amend paragraph (d) of section
seven of the act, approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand
nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred
nineteen), entitled 'An act regulating certain political
parties; providing for and regulating the nomination of
candidates of such political parties for certain public offices,
the election of delegates and alternate delegates to national
party conventions, and of certain party officers, including
State committeemen; a method whereby electors of such political
parties may express their choice of candidates for the office
of President of the United States; and the payment by the
several counties, and their reimbursement by the State, of the
expenses of the same; authorizing the State committee of a
political party to make, and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules;
and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of
this act, and for the punishment of certain offenses provided
for herein; and repealing inconsistent legislation' as amended,
changing the number of signers required on the nomination
petitions of candidates for the office of magistrate in cities
of the first class," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-third day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred three),
entitled "An act to amend sections one and two of the act,
approved the fifteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-seven (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred seventy-six),
entitled 'An act to prohibit the payment of any occupation or
poll tax assessed for State or county purposes of any elector,
by any person other than the elector against whom such tax is
assessed, except upon the written and signed order of such
assessed elector, and prescribing penalties' by providing
certain exemptions," absolutely.
"Sections three, four, five, six and seven of the act,
approved the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine
hundred and thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws, fourteen hundred sixteen)
entitled 'An act to apportion the State into congressional
districts.'"
The act approved the twenty-seventh day of April, one
thousand nine hundred and thirty-three (Pamphlet Laws,
ninety-three), entitled "An act to amend section five of the
act, approved the fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred
and six (Pamphlet Laws, seventy-eight), entitled 'An act to
regulate nomination and election expenses, and to require
accounts of nomination and election expenses to be filed, and
providing penalties for the violation of this act' as amended,
by requiring the treasurers of political committees concerned
in the nominations of candidates to file accounts of election
expenses," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-second day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-three (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred
thirty-eight), entitled "An act to amend section one of the
act, approved the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred
thirty-six), entitled 'An act providing for a separate ballot
when constitutional amendments or other questions are submitted
to the vote of the people' by providing that such constitutional
amendments or other questions may be printed upon a separate
ballot," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-second day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-three (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred
forty-six), entitled "An act to further amend clause (a) of
section four of the act, approved the eighteenth day of April,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, five
hundred forty-nine), entitled 'An act to permit the use of
voting machines for recording and computing the vote at all
elections, including primaries, in any county, city, borough,
or township of the Commonwealth, at the option of the electors
thereof; prescribing regulations with reference to the adoption,
requirements, examination, purchase, installation, preparation,
custody and demonstration of use of voting machines; providing
rules and regulations for the conduct of elections held with
voting machines; prescribing the qualifications, number and
duties of election officers in election districts in which
voting machines may be used; placing duties upon county
commissioners and the Secretary of the Commonwealth; providing
for redivision of wards of cities and boroughs into election
districts, and the consolidation of election districts;
providing for the payment of expenses incident to the purchase
and use of voting machines by the counties in which they are
used; and providing penalties for violation of the provisions
of this act' as amended, by providing that the courts of quarter
sessions may order that one additional voting machine be
provided in certain election districts," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-three (Pamphlet Laws, ten hundred
twenty-five), entitled "An act to amend section one of the act,
approved the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-five (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred five),
entitled 'An act fixing the pay of election officers and clerks
in counties of the second class' as amended; by fixing the
compensation of judges of election for services, mileage and
expenses of delivering the primary and election returns and
ballot boxes into proper custody; providing compensation to
minority inspectors in certain cases for services, mileage and
expenses of delivering the minority inspector's primary and
election returns, if any, and the ballot boxes into proper
custody; and repealing inconsistent, general, local and special,
legislation," absolutely.
The act approved the thirty-first day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-three (Pamphlet Laws, eleven hundred
six), entitled "An act to amend section seven of the act,
approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and
thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred nineteen), entitled 'An
act regulating certain political parties; providing for and
regulating the nomination of candidates of such political
parties for certain public offices, the election of delegates
and alternate delegates to national party conventions, and of
certain party officers, including State committeemen; a method
whereby electors of such political parties may express their
choice of candidates for the office of President of the United
States; and the payment by the several counties, and their
reimbursement by the State, of the expenses of the same;
authorizing the State committee of a political party to make,
and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules; and providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions of this act, and for the
punishment of certain offenses provided for herein; and
repealing inconsistent legislation' as amended, by increasing
the number of signers required for nomination petitions for
magistrates in cities of the first class," absolutely.
The act approved the seventeenth day of January, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-four (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
thirty-six, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-three--thirty-four), entitled "An act to further amend
sections one, two, three, ten, fifteen, eighteen and nineteen
of the act, approved the thirtieth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four (Pamphlet Laws, thirty-one),
entitled 'A further supplement to the act regulating elections
in this Commonwealth' as amended, pursuant to Amendment Number
Five to the Constitution of the Commonwealth adopted November
seventh, one thousand nine hundred thirty-three, eliminating
the tax-paying qualification for voters," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fifth of April, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-five (Pamphlet Laws, seventy-four),
entitled "An act to amend sections ten and fourteen of the act,
approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and
thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred nineteen), entitled 'An
act regulating certain political parties; providing for and
regulating the nomination of candidates of such political
parties for certain public offices, the election of delegates
and alternate delegates to National party conventions, and of
certain party officers, including State committeemen; a method
whereby electors of such political parties may express their
choice of candidates for the office of President of the United
States; and the payment by the several counties, and their
reimbursement by the State, of the expenses of the same;
authorizing the State committee of a political party to make,
and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules; and providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions of this act, and for the
punishment of certain offenses provided for herein; and
repealing inconsistent legislation' as amended, by substituting
additional copies of the general return sheet for the triplicate
party return sheets in the preparation for, conduct of, and
returning, canvassing, and computing the vote cast at primary
elections; regulating the form of the numbered lists of voters;
regulating the duties of election officers in calling and
tabulating the votes; and regulating return board procedure,"
absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-five (Pamphlet Laws, eighty-three),
entitled "An act to amend section six as amended, section eight
and section ten as amended of the act, approved the twelfth day
of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws,
seven hundred nineteen), entitled 'An act regulating certain
political parties; providing for and regulating the nomination
of candidates of such political parties for certain public
offices, the election of delegates and alternate delegates to
National party conventions, and of certain party officers,
including State committeemen; a method whereby electors of such
political parties may express their choice of candidates for
the office of President of the United States; and the payment
by the several counties, and their reimbursement by the State,
of the expenses of the same; authorizing the State committee
of a political party to make, and to alter, amend, and revoke,
rules; and providing penalties for the violation of the
provisions of this act, and for the punishment of certain
offenses provided for herein; and repealing inconsistent
legislation,' providing that only registered and enrolled
members of political parties shall be qualified to sign
nomination petitions, and limiting the number of specimen
ballots to be given candidates at primaries," absolutely.
The act approved the seventh day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and thirty-five (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred thirty-one),
entitled "An act to amend sections one and seven as amended,
clauses (a) and (d), and clause (g) as amended, of section
fifteen, and clauses (b) and (c) as amended, of section
twenty-three, and sections twenty-four and twenty-six of the
act, approved the eighteenth day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred
forty-nine), entitled 'An act to permit the use of voting
machines for recording and computing the vote at all elections,
including primaries, in any county, city, borough or township
of the Commonwealth, at the option of the electors thereof;
prescribing regulations with reference to the adoption,
requirements, examination, purchase, installation, preparation,
custody and demonstration of use of voting machines; providing
rules and regulations for the conduct of elections held with
voting machines; prescribing the qualifications, number and
duties of election officers in election districts in which
voting machines may be used; placing duties upon county
commissioners and the Secretary of the Commonwealth; providing
for redivision of wards of cities and boroughs into election
districts, and the consolidation of election districts;
providing for the payment of expenses incident to the purchase
and use of voting machines by the counties in which they are
used; and providing penalties for violation of the provisions
of this act,' by making provisions for voting machines designed
to be made secure by the use of two or more seals; changing the
requirements as to the printing of return sheets and statements;
providing the requirements of and rules and regulations for the
conduct of elections held with voting machines equipped with
mechanism for printing paper proof-sheets; providing for the
printing and distribution of said proof-sheets; providing for
their use in canvassing the vote; making them part of the
election returns; defining their probative value and effect;
and enlarging the powers of return boards," absolutely.
The act approved the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-five (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
forty-six), entitled "An act requiring return courts, judges,
and boards, sitting to record, compute, and certify the returns
of any primary, general, municipal, or special election, to
take cognizance of the number of registered or enrolled voters
by parties of each election district, and the number of persons
who voted at said election, and the number of ballots cast
thereat, whether said election was conducted by the use of
voting machines or paper ballots; providing that any excess of
votes, returned over registered or enrolled voters, or over the
number of voters or the number of ballots cast, shall be deemed
a discrepancy and palpable error requiring investigation;
defining the scope and extent of such investigation, and
providing for an appeal from the decision thereon; prescribing
the effect of such excess; imposing duties on courts of common
pleas and judges thereof, county commissioners, county
controllers, county treasurers, prothonotaries, registration
commissions, and other public officers; and repealing
inconsistent legislation," absolutely.
The act approved the fifth day of June, one thousand nine
hundred and thirty-five (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred
seventy-seven), entitled "An act to amend section fourteen of
the act, approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred nineteen),
entitled 'An act regulating certain political parties; providing
for and regulating the nomination of candidates of such
political parties for certain public offices, the election of
delegates and alternate delegates to national party conventions,
and of certain party officers, including State committeemen; a
method whereby electors of such political parties may express
their choice of candidates for the office of President of the
United States; and the payment by the several counties, and
their reimbursement by the State, of the expenses of the same;
authorizing the State committee of a political party to make,
and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules; and providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions of this act, and for the
punishment of certain offenses provided for herein; and
repealing inconsistent legislation' as amended, by providing
for the delivery of the ballot box to the proper custodian
immediately upon the completion, by the election officers, of
the count and canvass of the vote, and the sealing of the ballot
box," absolutely.
The act approved the fourteenth day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-five (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred
thirty-seven), entitled "An act to amend section six as amended
and section eight of the act, approved the twelfth day of July,
one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven
hundred nineteen), entitled 'An act regulating certain political
parties; providing for and regulating the nomination of
candidates of such political parties for certain public offices;
the election of delegates and alternate delegates to National
party conventions, and of certain party officers, including
State committeemen; a method whereby electors of such political
parties may express their choice of candidates for the office
of President of the United States; and the payment by the
several counties, and their reimbursement by the State, of the
expenses of the same; authorizing the State committee of a
political party to make, and to alter, amend, and revoke, rules;
and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of
this act, and for the punishment of certain offenses provided
for herein; and repealing inconsistent legislation' prohibiting
candidates for certain offices from being candidates for more
then one party nomination, and requiring candidates affidavits
from candidates for additional offices," absolutely.
All other acts of Assembly and parts of acts, general,
special and local, in conflict or inconsistent with this act,
or any part hereof, are hereby repealed, in so far as they are
in conflict or inconsistent herewith.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth is authorized and empowered
to prepare and print an index of this act. The index, if
prepared, shall be attached to the advance sheets of the
pamphlet laws, and shall also be printed in the pamphlet laws.
Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided
that any and all references in any other law to a
"district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be
deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.
APPENDIX
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Reapportionment of Congressional Districts
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In Mellow v. Mitchell, No. 7 M.D. Misc. Docket (Pa., filed
March 10, 1992), the Supreme Court issued an order providing,
inter alia, as follows:
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3. Section 1801-A of the Election Code, Act of June 3, 1937,
P.L. 1333, added March 3, 1982, P.L. 127, §2, 25 P.S. §3571,
is hereby declared unconstitutional and its implementation for
the purpose of conducting elections to the office of
Representative in the United States Congress is hereby
permanently enjoined.
4. Such elections, in the primary and general elections in
the years 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000 shall be conducted
in accordance with the Congressional Election Districts
described in Appendix A, attached to and hereby made a part of
this Order, and hereby adopted as the apportionment of the
Commonwealth into twenty-one (21) Congressional Districts until
the same shall be lawfully changed.
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9. In the event any municipality or part thereof should be
omitted in the description of congressional districts in
Appendix A, the municipality or part thereof shall be included
as a part of the congressional district which completely
surrounds it. Should any omitted municipality or part thereof
be not completely surrounded by one congressional district, it
shall become a part of that congressional district to which it
is contiguous, or if there are two or more such contiguous
districts, it shall become a part of that congressional district
contiguous thereto which has the least population.
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Appendix A
(As Edited by Legislative Reference Bureau)
DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES
(1) The First District is composed of part of Delaware
County consisting of the City of Chester (Excluding Blocks 201,
207 and 208 of 1990 Census Tract 4046) and the Townships of
Darby, Ridley (Blocks 903 and 919 of 1990 Census Tract 4041.03)
and Tinicum and the Boroughs of Colwyn, Eddystone, Folcroft and
Glenolden; and part of Philadelphia County consisting of the
City of Philadelphia Wards 1, 2 (Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
23 and 26), 5 (Divisions 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 17, 20, 22 and 23), 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20,
26, 30, 32, 36 (Divisions 29, 35 and 37), 37, 39, 40, 43, 47,
48 (Divisions 1, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 17) and 49.
DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES
(2) The Second District is composed of part of Delaware
County consisting of the Boroughs of Darby, Lansdowne and
Yeadon; and part of Philadelphia County consisting of the City
of Philadelphia Wards 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 15, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28,
29, 34, 36 (Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40 and 41), 38, 44, 46, 48
(Divisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
and 23), 50, 51, 52, 59 and 60.
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
(3) The Third District is composed of part of Philadelphia
County consisting of the City of Philadelphia Wards 2 (Divisions
24, 25 and 27), 5 (Divisions 1, 4, 5, 16, 18, 19 and 21), 18,
23, 25, 31, 33, 35, 41, 42, 45, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62,
63, 64, 65 and 66.
ALLEGHENY, BEAVER, BUTLER, LAWRENCE AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES
(4) The Fourth District is composed of part of Allegheny
County consisting of the Townships of East Deer, Fawn, Frazer,
Harrison, Marshall, Pine, Richland and West Deer and the
Boroughs of Brackenridge, Bradford Woods, Cheswick, Plum and
Tarentum; all of Beaver County; part of Butler County consisting
of the Townships of Adams, Buffalo, Clinton, Cranberry, Jackson
and Middlesex and the Boroughs of Harmony, Mars, Saxonburg,
Seven Fields, Valencia and Zelienople; all of Lawrence County;
and part of Westmoreland County consisting of the Cities of
Arnold, Jeannette, Lower Burrell and New Kensington and the
Townships of Allegheny, North Huntingdon, Penn, Salem, Upper
Burrell and Washington and the Boroughs of Delmont, East
Vandergrift, Export, Hyde Park, Irwin, Manor, Murrysville, North
Irwin, Penn, Trafford (Westmoreland County portion) and
Vandergrift.
ARMSTRONG, CAMERON, CENTRE, CLARION, CLEARFIELD, CLINTON,
CRAWFORD, ELK, FOREST, JEFFERSON, LYCOMING, MCKEAN, POTTER,
TIOGA, UNION, VENANGO AND WARREN COUNTIES
(5) The Fifth District is composed of part of Armstrong
County consisting of the Township of Madison; all of Cameron
County; part of Centre County consisting of the Townships of
Benner, Boggs, College, Curtin, Ferguson, Gregg, Haines, Harris,
Howard, Huston, Liberty, Marion, Miles, Patton, Penn, Potter,
Spring and Walker and the Boroughs of Bellefonte, Centre Hall,
Howard, Milesburg, Millheim and State College; part of Clarion
County consisting of the Townships of Ashland, Beaver, Brady,
Clarion, Elk, Farmington, Highland, Knox, Licking, Limestone,
Madison, Millcreek, Monroe, Paint, Perry, Piney, Porter, Red
Bank, Richland, Salem, Toby and Washington and the Boroughs of
Callensburg, Clarion, East Brady, Foxburg, Hawthorn, Knox,
Rimersburg, Shippenville, Sligo, St. Petersburg and
Strattanville; part of Clearfield County consisting of the
Township of Falls Creek; all of Clinton County; part of Crawford
County consisting of the City of Titusville and the Townships
of Athens, Bloomfield, East Mead, Oil Creek, Randolph, Rome,
Sparta, Steuben, Troy and Wayne and the Boroughs of Centerville,
Cochranton, Hydetown, Spartansburg and Townville; all of Elk
County; all of Forest County; all of Jefferson County; part of
Lycoming County consisting of the Townships of Anthony,
Bastress, Brown, Cogan House, Cummings, Limestone, McHenry,
Mifflin, Nippenose, Piatt, Pine, Porter, Susquehanna, Washington
and Watson and the Boroughs of Jersey Shore and Salladasburg;
all of McKean County; all of Potter County; all of Tioga County;
all of Union County; all of Venango County; and all of Warren
County.
BERKS, MONTGOMERY, NORTHUMBERLAND AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES
(6) The Sixth District is composed of all of Berks County;
part of Montgomery County consisting of the Townships of Upper
Pottsgrove and West Pottsgrove and the Borough of Pottstown
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7; part of Northumberland County
consisting of the City of Sunbury and the Townships of Delaware,
East Chillisquaque, Jackson, Jordan, Little Mahanoy, Lower
Augusta, Lower Mahanoy, Point, Rockefeller, Turbot, Upper
Augusta, Upper Mahanoy and West Chillisquaque and the Boroughs
of Herndon, McEwensville, Milton, Northumberland, Riverside,
Snydertown and Watsontown; and all of Schuylkill County.
CHESTER, DELAWARE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
(7) The Seventh District is composed of part of Chester
County consisting of the Townships of Charlestown, East
Pikeland, East Whiteland, Easttown, Schuylkill, Tredyffrin,
West Pikeland, West Vincent and Willistown and the Boroughs of
Malvern, Phoenixville and Spring City; part of Delaware County
consisting of the City of Chester (Blocks 201, 207 and 208 of
1990 Census Tract 4046) and the Townships of Aston, Bethel,
Birmingham, Chester, Concord, Edgemont, Haverford, Lower
Chichester, Marple, Middletown, Nether Providence, Newtown,
Radnor, Ridley (Excluding Blocks 903 and 919 of 1990 Census
Tract 4041.03), Springfield, Thornbury, Upper Chichester, Upper
Darby and Upper Providence and the Boroughs of Aldan,
Brookhaven, Chester Heights, Clifton Heights, Collingdale, East
Lansdowne, Marcus Hook, Media, Millbourne, Morton, Norwood,
Parkside, Prospect Park, Ridley Park, Rose Valley, Rutledge,
Sharon Hill, Swarthmore, Trainer and Upland; and part of
Montgomery County consisting of the Township of Upper Merion
(Excluding Block 213 of 1990 Census Tract 2059.04) and the
Boroughs of Bridgeport and Royersford.
BUCKS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
(8) The Eighth District is composed of all of Bucks County;
and part of Montgomery County consisting of the Townships of
Horsham and Lower Moreland District 4.
BEDFORD, BLAIR, CENTRE, CLEARFIELD, FRANKLIN, FULTON,
HUNTINGDON, JUNIATA, MIFFLIN, PERRY AND SNYDER COUNTIES
(9) The Ninth District is composed of all of Bedford County;
all of Blair County; part of Centre County consisting of the
Townships of Burnside, Halfmoon, Rush, Snow Shoe, Taylor, Union
and Worth and the Boroughs of Philipsburg, Port Matilda, Snow
Shoe, South Philipsburg and Unionville; all of Clearfield County
except the Township of Falls Creek; all of Franklin County; all
of Fulton County; all of Huntingdon County; all of Juniata
County; all of Mifflin County; part of Perry County consisting
of the Townships of Centre, Jackson, North East Madison,
Saville, South West Madison, Spring, Toboyne, Tuscarora and
Tyrone and the Boroughs of Blain, Bloomfield and Landisburg;
and all of Snyder County.
BRADFORD, LACKAWANNA, LYCOMING, MONROE, PIKE, SULLIVAN,
SUSQUEHANNA, WAYNE AND WYOMING COUNTIES
(10) The Tenth District is composed of all of Bradford
County; all of Lackawanna County; part of Lycoming County
consisting of the City of Williamsport and the Townships of
Armstrong, Brady, Cascade, Clinton, Eldred, Fairfield, Franklin,
Gamble, Hepburn, Jackson, Jordan, Lewis, Loyalsock, Lycoming,
McIntyre, McNett, Mill Creek, Moreland, Muncy, Muncy Creek, Old
Lycoming, Penn, Plunketts Creek, Shrewsbury, Upper Fairfield,
Wolf and Woodward and the Boroughs of Duboistown, Hughesville,
Montgomery, Montoursville, Muncy, Picture Rocks and South
Williamsport; part of Monroe County consisting of the Townships
of Barrett, Coolbaugh, Jackson, Middle Smithfield, Paradise,
Pocono, Price and Smithfield and the Boroughs of Delaware Water
Gap, East Stroudsburg Districts 2 and 3 and Mt. Pocono; all of
Pike County; all of Sullivan County; all of Susquehanna County;
all of Wayne County; and all of Wyoming County.
CARBON, COLUMBIA, LUZERNE, MONROE, MONTOUR AND
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTIES
(11) The Eleventh District is composed of all of Carbon
County; all of Columbia County; all of Luzerne County; part of
Monroe County consisting of the Townships of Chestnuthill,
Eldred, Hamilton, Polk, Ross, Stroud, Tobyhanna and Tunkhannock
and the Boroughs of East Stroudsburg Districts 1, 4, 5 and 6
and Stroudsburg; all of Montour County; and part of
Northumberland County consisting of the City of Shamokin and
the Townships of Coal, East Cameron, Lewis, Mt. Carmel, Ralpho,
Rush, Shamokin, Washington, West Cameron and Zerbe and the
Boroughs of Kulpmont, Marion Heights, Mt. Carmel and
Turbotville.
ARMSTRONG, CAMBRIA, CLARION, FAYETTE, INDIANA, SOMERSET AND
WESTMORELAND COUNTIES
(12) The Twelfth District is composed of part of Armstrong
County consisting of the Townships of Bethel, Boggs, Bradys
Bend, Burrell, Cadogan, Cowanshannock, East Franklin, Gilpin,
Hovey, Kiskiminetas, Kittanning, Mahoning, Manor, North Buffalo,
Parks, Perry, Pine, Plumcreek, Rayburn, Redbank, South Bend,
South Buffalo, Sugarcreek, Valley, Washington, Wayne and West
Franklin and the Boroughs of Apollo, Applewold, Atwood, Dayton,
Elderton, Ford City, Ford Cliff, Freeport, Kittanning,
Leechburg, Manorville, North Apollo, Parker City, Rural Valley,
South Bethlehem, West Kittanning and Worthington; all of Cambria
County; part of Clarion County consisting of the Borough of New
Bethlehem; part of Fayette County consisting of the City of
Connellsville and the Townships of Connellsville, Dunbar,
Georges, Henry Clay, North Union, Springfield, Stewart and
Wharton and the Boroughs of Dunbar, Fairchance, Markleysburg,
Ohiopyle, Smithfield, South Connellsville and Vanderbilt; all
of Indiana County; all of Somerset County; and part of
Westmoreland County consisting of the Townships of Bell, Cook,
Derry, Donegal, East Huntingdon, Fairfield, Ligonier,
Loyalhanna, Mt. Pleasant, St. Clair and Unity and the Boroughs
of Avonmore, Bolivar, Derry, Donegal, Latrobe, Laurel Mountain,
Ligonier, Mt. Pleasant, New Alexandria, New Florence, Oklahoma,
Scottdale, Seward, West Leechburg and Youngstown.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
(13) The Thirteenth District is composed of part of
Montgomery County consisting of the Townships of Abington,
Cheltenham, East Norriton, Franconia, Hatfield, Limerick, Lower
Frederick, Lower Gwynedd, Lower Merion, Lower Moreland Districts
1, 2, 3, 5 and 6, Lower Pottsgrove, Lower Providence, Lower
Salford, Marlborough, Montgomery, Perkiomen, Plymouth, Salford,
Skippack, Springfield, Towamencin, Upper Dublin, Upper Gwynedd,
Upper Merion (Block 213 of 1990 Census Tract 2059.04), Upper
Moreland, Upper Providence, Upper Salford, West Norriton,
Whitemarsh, Whitpain and Worcester and the Boroughs of Ambler,
Bryn Athyn, Collegeville, Conshohocken, Hatboro, Hatfield,
Jenkintown, Lansdale, Narberth, Norristown, North Wales,
Pottstown District 6, Rockledge, Schwenksville, Souderton,
Telford (Montgomery County portion), Trappe and West
Conshohocken.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
(14) The Fourteenth District is composed of part of
Allegheny County consisting of the City of Pittsburgh and the
Townships of Aleppo, Collier, Hampton, Kennedy, Kilbuck, Leet,
McCandless, Neville, Ohio, Robinson, Ross and Stowe and the
Boroughs of Avalon, Bell Acres, Bellevue, Ben Avon, Ben Avon
Heights, Crafton, Edgewood, Emsworth, Franklin Park, Green Tree,
Homestead, Ingram, Leetsdale, McKees Rocks, Mt. Oliver,
Pennsbury Village, Rosslyn Farms, Sewickley Heights, Sewickley
Hills, Thornburg and West View.
LEHIGH, MONTGOMERY AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES
(15) The Fifteenth District is composed of all of Lehigh
County; part of Montgomery County consisting of the Townships
of Douglass, New Hanover, Upper Frederick and Upper Hanover and
the Boroughs of East Greenville, Green Lane, Pennsburg and Red
Hill; and all of Northampton County.
CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES
(16) The Sixteenth District is composed of part of Chester
County consisting of the City of Coatesville and the Townships
of Birmingham, Caln, East Bradford, East Brandywine, East Caln,
East Coventry, East Fallowfield, East Goshen, East Marlborough,
East Nantmeal, East Nottingham, East Vincent, Elk, Franklin,
Highland, Honeybrook, Kennett, London Britain, London Grove,
Londonderry, Lower Oxford, New Garden, New London, Newlin, North
Coventry, Penn, Pennsbury, Pocopson, Sadsbury, South Coventry,
Thornbury, Upper Oxford, Upper Uwchlan, Uwchlan, Valley,
Wallace, Warwick, West Bradford, West Brandywine, West Caln,
West Fallowfield, West Goshen, West Marlborough, West Nantmeal,
West Nottingham, West Sadsbury, West Whiteland and Westtown and
the Boroughs of Atglen, Avondale, Downingtown, Elverson, Honey
Brook, Kennett Square, Modena, Oxford, Parkesburg, South
Coatesville, West Chester and West Grove; and part of Lancaster
County consisting of the City of Lancaster and the Townships
of Bart, Brecknock, Caernarvon, Colerain, Drumore, Earl, East
Cocalico, East Drumore, East Earl, East Hempfield Districts
Barrcrest (1990), Centerville (1990), Cherry Hill (1990),
Chestnut Ridge(1990), Friendly (1990), Golden Acres (1990),
Kings (1990), Landisville (1990), Petersburg (1990), Pleasant
View (1990) and Rohrerstown (1990), East Lampeter, Eden, Fulton,
Lancaster, Leacock, Little Britain, Manheim, Martic, Paradise,
Pequea, Providence, Sadsbury, Salisbury, Strasburg, Upper
Leacock, Warwick, West Cocalico, West Earl and West Lampeter
and the Boroughs of Adamstown (Lancaster County portion),
Christiana, Denver, East Petersburg, Lititz, Millersville, New
Holland, Quarryville, Strasburg and Terre Hill.
CUMBERLAND, DAUPHIN, LANCASTER, LEBANON AND PERRY COUNTIES
(17) The Seventeenth District is composed of part of
Cumberland County consisting of the Townships of East Pennsboro,
Hampden Precincts 2a, 2b, 3, 4 and 5 and Silver Spring and the
Boroughs of Mechanicsburg and Shiremanstown; all of Dauphin
County; part of Lancaster County consisting of the Townships
of Clay, Conestoga, Conoy, East Donegal, East Hempfield
Districts Hempland (1990), Indian Springs (1990), Millcreek
(1990) and Scotland (1990), Elizabeth, Ephrata, Manor, Mt. Joy,
Penn, Rapho, West Donegal and West Hempfield and the Boroughs
of Akron, Columbia, Elizabethtown, Ephrata, Manheim, Marietta,
Mountville and Mt. Joy; all of Lebanon County; and part of Perry
County consisting of the Townships of Buffalo, Carroll,
Greenwood, Howe, Juniata, Liverpool, Miller, Oliver, Penn, Rye,
Watts and Wheatfield and the Boroughs of Duncannon, Liverpool,
Marysville, Millerstown, New Buffalo and Newport.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
(18) The Eighteenth District is composed of part of
Allegheny County consisting of the Cities of Clairton, Duquesne
and McKeesport and the Townships of Baldwin, Elizabeth, Forward,
Harmar, Indiana, Mt. Lebanon, North Versailles, O'Hara, Penn
Hills, Reserve, Scott, Shaler, South Park, South Versailles,
Springdale and Wilkins and the Boroughs of Aspinwall, Baldwin,
Blawnox, Braddock, Braddock Hills, Brentwood, Carnegie, Castle
Shannon, Chalfant, Churchill, Dormont, Dravosburg, East
McKeesport, East Pittsburgh, Elizabeth, Etna, Forest Hills, Fox
Chapel, Glassport, Heidelberg, Jefferson, Liberty, Lincoln,
Millvale, Monroeville, Munhall, North Braddock, Oakmont,
Pitcairn, Pleasant Hills, Port Vue, Rankin, Sharpsburg,
Springdale, Swissvale, Trafford (Allegheny County portion),
Turtle Creek, Verona, Versailles, Wall, West Elizabeth, West
Homestead, West Mifflin, Whitaker, White Oak, Whitehall,
Wilkinsburg and Wilmerding.
ADAMS, CUMBERLAND AND YORK COUNTIES
(19) The Nineteenth District is composed of all of Adams
County; part of Cumberland County consisting of the Townships
of Cooke, Dickinson, Hampden Precincts 1 North and 1 South,
Hopewell, Lower Allen, Lower Frankford, Lower Mifflin,
Middlesex, Monroe, North Middleton, North Newton, Penn,
Shippensburg, South Middleton, South Newton, Southampton, Upper
Allen, Upper Frankford, Upper Mifflin and West Pennsboro and
the Boroughs of Camp Hill, Carlisle, Lemoyne, Mt. Holly Springs,
New Cumberland, Newburg, Newville, Shippensburg (Cumberland
County portion), West Fairview and Wormleysburg; and all of
York County.
ALLEGHENY, FAYETTE, GREEN, WASHINGTON AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES
(20) The Twentieth District is composed of part of Allegheny
County consisting of the Townships of Crescent, Findlay, Moon,
North Fayette, South Fayette and Upper St. Clair and the
Boroughs of Bethel Park, Bridgeville, Coraopolis, Edgeworth,
Glenfield, Haysville, McDonald (Allegheny County portion),
Oakdale, Osborne and Sewickley; part of Fayette County
consisting of the City of Uniontown and the Townships of
Brownsville, Bullskin, Franklin, German, Jefferson, Lower
Tyrone, Luzerne, Menallen, Nicholson, Perry, Redstone, Saltlick,
South Union, Springhill, Upper Tyrone and Washington and the
Boroughs of Belle Vernon, Brownsville, Dawson, Everson, Fayette
City, Masontown, Newell, Perryopolis and Point Marion; all of
Greene County; all of Washington County; and part of
Westmoreland County consisting of the Cities of Greensburg and
Monessen and the Townships of Hempfield, Rostraver, Sewickley
and South Huntingdon and the Boroughs of Adamsburg, Arona,
Hunker, Madison, New Stanton, North Belle Vernon, Smithton,
South Greensburg, Southwest Greensburg, Sutersville, West Newton
and Youngwood.
BUTLER, CRAWFORD, ERIE AND MERCER COUNTIES
(21) The Twenty-first District is composed of part of Butler
County consisting of the City of Butler and the Townships of
Allegheny, Brady, Butler, Center, Cherry, Clay, Clearfield,
Concord, Connoquenessing, Donegal, Fairview, Forward, Franklin,
Jefferson, Lancaster, Marion, Mercer, Muddycreek, Oakland,
Parker, Penn, Slippery Rock, Summit, Venango, Washington,
Winfield and Worth and the Boroughs of Bruin, Callery, Cherry
Valley, Chicora, Connoquenessing, East Butler, Eau Claire, Evans
City, Fairview, Harrisville, Karns City, Petrolia, Portersville,
Prospect, Slippery Rock, West Liberty and West Sunbury; part
of Crawford County consisting of the City of Meadville and the
Townships of Beaver, Cambridge, Conneaut, Cussewago, East
Fairfield, East Fallowfield, Fairfield, Greenwood, Hayfield,
North Shenango, Pine, Richmond, Rockdale, Sadsbury, South
Shenango, Spring, Summerhill, Summit, Union, Venango, Vernon,
West Fallowfield, West Mead, West Shenango and Woodcock and the
Boroughs of Blooming Valley, Cambridge Springs, Conneaut Lake,
Conneautville, Linesville, Saegertown, Springboro, Venango and
Woodcock; all of Erie County; and all of Mercer County.
1979, JULY 21, P.L.189, NO.63
Section 9. (a) No late filing fees shall be imposed under
section 1632 for pre-election filings due for any primary or
special election held through May 15, 1979. Late filing fees
paid for any primary or special election held through May 15,
1979 shall be refunded after any candidate or committee in
violation has filed the required post-primary or post-special
election report. No late filing fee shall be imposed under
section 1632, for the required post-primary election report for
the primary election held May 15, 1979 where such post-primary
election report is filed on or before July 16, 1979.
(b) Any pre-election late filing, fees, collected for
primary or special elections held on or before May 15, 1979
shall be refunded within 30 days.
Section 10. This act shall take effect immediately and the
provisions of section 9 shall be retroactive to January 1, 1979.
2009, JULY 14, P.L.86, NO.20
Section 4. To facilitate effective reapportionment and
redistricting processes following the 2010 United States Census,
no later than August 15, 2009, the Secretary of the Commonwealth
shall submit to the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census, any corrections to municipal boundaries and
election district boundaries as depicted on the maps maintained
by the bureau which may be necessary to conform the boundaries
to the official municipal boundaries and election district
boundaries of the Commonwealth. If the Secretary of the
Commonwealth determines that no corrections are necessary, the
secretary shall so notify the Majority Leader and the Minority
Leader of the Senate and the Majority Leader and the Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives.
Compiler's Note: Act 20 amended sections 201, 204 and 536
of Act 320.
2012, MARCH 14, P.L.195, NO.18
Section 10. The following shall apply to elections held
after January 1, 2012, and prior to September 17, 2012:
(1) (i) Except as provided under subparagraph (ii) and
notwithstanding any law, election officials at the
polling place at an election held after January 1, 2012,
shall request that every elector show proof of
identification.
(ii) Notwithstanding subparagraph (i), prior to
September 17, 2012, if the elector does not provide proof
of identification and the elector is otherwise qualified,
the elector may cast a ballot that shall be counted
without the necessity of presenting proof of
identification and without the necessity of casting a
provisional ballot, except as required by the act.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2012, if any elector votes at
a polling place at an election and does not provide proof
of identification and will be required to provide proof of
identification beginning September 17, 2012, the election
official that requested the proof of identification shall
provide to the elector written information prescribed by the
Secretary of the Commonwealth briefly describing the voter
identification requirement created by this act and inform
the elector that he or she will be required to comply with
that requirement when voting at future elections beginning
September 17, 2012, unless an exemption applies.
Section 11. The amendment of sections 102, 1210, 1302,
1302.2, 1305, 1308 and 1309 of the act shall apply to elections
held after September 17, 2012.
Compiler's Note: Act 18 amended sections 102, 1210, 1302,
1302.2, 1305, 1308, 1309 and 1854 of Act 320.§ 1803-AOmissions
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