PENNSYLVANIA, September 28 - PRINTER'S NO. 1114

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

886

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY GEBHARD AND MENSCH, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

AN ACT

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," in district election officers, further providing

for election officers to be sworn; in dates of elections and

primaries and special elections, further providing for

affidavits of candidates; in nomination of candidates,

further providing for petition may consist of several sheets

and affidavit of circulator, for affidavits of candidates,

for examination of nomination petitions, certificates and

papers and return of rejected nomination petitions,

certificates and papers, for vacancy in party nomination by

failure to pay filing fee or for failure to file loyalty

oath, for affidavits of candidates, for filling of certain

vacancies in public office by means of nomination

certificates and nomination papers and for substituted

nominations to fill certain vacancies for a November

election; in ballots, further providing for form of ballots

and printing ballots; in returns of primaries and elections,

further providing for manner of computing irregular ballots;

and replacing references to "justice of the peace" with

"magisterial district judge."

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Sections 406, 630.1, 909, 910, 976, 978.1, 981.1,

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