PENNSYLVANIA, April 1 - PRINTER'S NO. 506

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

515

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY STEFANO, AUMENT, MASTRIANO, J. WARD, SCAVELLO,

MARTIN, PITTMAN AND MENSCH, APRIL 1, 2021

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 1, 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 mail-in electors, further

providing for applications for official mail-in ballots.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1302-D(g) of the act of June 3, 1937

(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,

amended March 27, 2020 (P.L.41, No.12), is amended and the

section is amended by adding a subsection to read:

Section 1302-D. Applications for official mail-in ballots.

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(a.1) Application restriction.--Notwithstanding any other

provision of law, only the Department of State or a county board

of election of a county in which a qualified elector's voting

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