PENNSYLVANIA, June 21 - PRINTER'S NO. 922

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

784

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, JUNE 21, 2021

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 21, 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 voting by qualified absentee electors, further

providing for date of application for absentee ballot and for

canvassing of official absentee ballots and mail-in ballots;

and, in voting by qualified mail-in electors, further

providing for date of application for mail-in ballot.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1302.1(a) and (a.3)(1) and (2) of the act

of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania

Election Code, are amended to read:

Section 1302.1. Date of Application for Absentee Ballot.--

(a) Except as provided in subsection (a.3), applications for

absentee ballots shall be received in the office of the county

board of elections not earlier than fifty (50) days before the

primary or election, except that if a county board of elections

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