§ § 1401General register

(a) General rule.--The general register shall contain all
of the following for each registered elector of the county:
       (1) The ward and election district of residence.
       (2) The registered elector's street address.
       (3) Data required to be given upon removal from the
   registered elector's residence.
       (4) The date of each election at which the registered
   elector votes.
       (5) The digitized or electronic signature of the
   registered elector.
       (6) The SURE registration number.
       (7) Whether the registered elector needs assistance to
   vote and, if so, the nature of the disability.
   (b) District register.--The general register shall be used
by the commission to prepare the district register.
   (c) SURE system.--After a commission is connected to the
SURE system, the general register of the commission shall
consist of the registration information contained on the SURE
system as maintained by the commission.
   (d) Registration cards.--Before a commission is connected
to the SURE system, if a commission uses the original
registration cards for registered electors in the county as the
district register, the duplicate registration cards or
photocopies of the original registration cards shall be placed
in exact alphabetical order by last name of the registrant,
shall be indexed and shall be kept at the office of the

registration commission in a manner as to be properly
safeguarded. These cards constitute the general register of the
county. They may not be removed from the office of the
commission except upon order of a court of record. Nothing in
this part shall preclude the use of duplicate registration cards
from applications provided under the act of March 30, 1937
(P.L.115, No.40), known as The First Class City Permanent
Registration Act, or the act of April 29, 1937 (P.L.487,
No.115), known as The Permanent Registration Act for Cities of
the Second Class, Cities of the Second Class A, Cities of the
Third Class, Boroughs, Towns, and Townships.
   (e) Digitized signature lists.--Before a commission is
connected to the SURE system, if a commission uses digitized
signature lists as the district register, the original
registration cards shall be placed in exact alphabetical order
by last name of the registrant, indexed and kept at the office
of the commission in a manner as to be properly safeguarded.
These original cards constitute the general register of the
county. They may not be removed from the office of the
commission except upon order of a court of record. The
commission shall safely retain all registration cards used in
the registration of electors or in conducting an election. If
a commission has the capability to accept an electronic
application, the secretary may require the commission to produce
a computer-generated card to file in the general register. If
the commission finds a record for a registrant on the computer
database which is not contained in the general register, it
shall replace the original card with a computer-generated
duplicate card upon written permission from the registrant or
upon order of a court of record.
   (f) Duplicate files.--Before a commission is connected to
the SURE system, if the commission deems a duplicate file of
registration cards necessary for administrative purposes, the
commission may prepare a reproduction in compliance with the
following:
       (1) The registration form shall be photographed,
   microphotographed or reproduced in a manner approved for
   permanent records by the secretary.
       (2) The device used to reproduce the card is one which
   accurately reproduces the original in all details.
       (3) The photographs, microphotographs or other
   reproductions are open to public inspection and provision
   is made for preserving, examining and using them.
   Cross References. Section 1401 is referred to in sections
1102, 1402 of this title.