PRINTER'S PRIOR NO. 1026
PRINTER'S NO.
1964
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL No. 902
Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY ITKIN, McVERRY, DAWIDA, COWELL, PISTELLA, VAN HORNE, MARKOSEK, TRELLO, OLASZ, DeLUCA AND PRESTON, MAY 2, 1983 AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 17, 1983
AN ACT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled "An act concerning elections, including general, municipal, special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates, primary and election expenses and election contests; creating and defining membership of county boards of elections; imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth, courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners; imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying, revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to elections," further providing for absentee ballots for certain county employees AND FOR THE DELIVERY AND MAILING OF BALLOTS. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 102(w) of the act of June 3, 1937
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(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended by adding a subclause to read: Section 102. Definitions.--The following words, when used in
this act, shall have the following meanings, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context: * * *
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(w) The words "qualified absentee elector" shall mean: * * * (13) Any qualified, registered and enrolled elector who is a _____________________________________________________________ county employee and whose duties in connection with election day ________________________________________________________________ prevent him from voting. ________________________ * * * Section 2. Section 1301(k) and (l) of the act, (k) amended
December 6, 1972 (P.L.1405, No.301), are amended and a clause is added to read: Section 1301. Qualified Absentee Electors.--The following
persons shall be entitled to vote by an official absentee ballot in any primary or election held in this Commonwealth in the manner hereinafter provided: * * * (k) Any qualified registered and enrolled elector who because of illness or physical disability is unable to attend his polling place or operate a voting machine and secure assistance by distinct and audible statement as required in section 1218 of this act; __ or (l) Any qualified registered and enrolled elector who is a spouse or dependent accompanying a person employed in the service of this Commonwealth or in the service of the Federal Government within the territorial limits of the several States of the United States and the District of Columbia in the event the duties, profession or occupation of such person require him to be absent from the Commonwealth or county of his residence[:]; or ____ (m) Any qualified registered and enrolled elector who is a ___________________________________________________________ county employe and whose duties in connection with election day _______________________________________________________________ prevent him from voting: ________________________ - 2 -
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* * * Section 3. Section 1302(e) of the act, amended May 7, 1982
(P.L.393, No.114), is amended to read: Section 1302. * * * (e) ___ (1) Any qualified bedridden or hospitalized veteran Applications for Official Absentee Ballots.---
absent from the State or county of his residence and unable to attend his polling place because of such illness or physical disability, regardless of whether he is registered or enrolled, may apply at any time before any primary or election for an official absentee ballot on any official county board of election form addressed to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the county board of elections of the county in which his voting residence is located. (2) ___ The application shall contain the following information:
Residence at the time of becoming bedridden or hospitalized, length of time a citizen, length of residence in Pennsylvania, date of birth, length of time a resident in voting district, voting district if known, party choice in case of primary, name and address of present residence or hospital at which hospitalized. When such application is received by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, it shall be forwarded to the proper county board of elections. (3) ___ The application for an official absentee ballot for any
primary or election shall be made on information supplied over the signature of the bedridden or veteran hospitalized as required in the preceding subsection. Any qualified registered elector, including a spouse or dependent referred to in subsection (l) of section 1301, who expects to be or is absent from the Commonwealth or county of his residence because his - 3 -
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duties, occupation or business require him to be elsewhere on the day of any primary or election and any qualified registered elector who is unable to attend his polling place on the day of any primary or election because of illness or physical disability, or is prevented from voting because of election day _____________________________________________________ duties, in the case of a county employe, ________________________________________ and any qualified registered bedridden or hospitalized veteran in the county of residence, may apply to the county board of elections of the county in which his voting residence is located for an Official Absentee Ballot. Such application shall be made upon an official application form supplied by the county board of elections. Such official application form shall be determined and prescribed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [(1)] ___ (4) The application of any qualified registered
elector, including spouse or dependent referred to in subsection (l) of section 1301, who expects to be or is absent from the Commonwealth or county of his residence because his duties, occupation or business require him to be elsewhere on the day of any primary or election, or who can not vote because of election _______________________________________ day duties, in the case of a county employe, ____________________________________________ shall be signed by the applicant and shall include the surname and christian name or names of the applicant, his occupation, date of birth, length of time a resident in voting district, voting district if known, place of residence, post office address to which ballot is to be mailed, the reason for his absence, and such other information as shall make clear to the county board of elections the applicant's right to an official absentee ballot. [(2)] ___ (5) The application of any qualified registered
elector who is unable to attend his polling place on the day of any primary or election because of illness or physical - 4 -
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disability and the application of any qualified registered bedridden or hospitalized veteran in the county of residence shall be signed by the applicant and shall include surname and christian name or names of the applicant, his occupation, date of birth, residence at the time of becoming bedridden or hospitalized, length of time a resident in voting district, voting district if known, place of residence, p...