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Extra - Title Notes - Special Provisions in Appendix. See sections 2 and 6 of...
Extra - Appendix To Title - APPENDIX TO TITLE 25 ELECTIONS Supplementary Provisions of Amendatory Statutes...
Chapter 7 - County Officers
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 7 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3,...
Section 701 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Chapter 11 - Preliminary Provisions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 11 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3,...
Section 1101 - Scope - This part deals with voter registration.
Section 1102 - Definitions - Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent provisions of this...
Section 1103 - Applicability - This part applies to all counties.
Section 1104 - Construction - No part of any day fixed for the performance of...
Section 1105 - Standardized forms - (a) General rule.--Whenever possible, the secretary shall prescribe by regulation...
Section 1106 - Applications - (a) Registration application.--Voter registration applications printed under the act of...
Section 1107 - Existing electors - All electors registered to vote in this Commonwealth on the...
Section 1108 - Administration - The department shall administer this part.
Chapter 12 - Registration System
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 12 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3,...
Section 1201 - Departmental responsibilities - The department shall do all of the following: (1) Provide...
Section 1203 - Commissions - (a) Establishment.--A commission is established in each county. The commission...
Section 1204 - Commission staff - (a) Counties of the first class.-- (1) A commissioner may...
Section 1205 - Police assistance - A commission may call on police officers of the appropriate...
Section 1206 - Unexpended balance; source of funds - (a) Unexpended balance.--Unexpended balances of appropriations made by the county...
Section 1207 - Open records and documents - (a) Scope.--The following documents under this part are open to...
Section 1222 - SURE system - (a) Establishment.--The department shall develop and establish a Statewide Uniform...
Section 1223 - SURE system costs - The cost of establishment, implementation and maintenance of the SURE...
Chapter 13 - Voter Registration
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 13 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3,...
Section 1301 - Qualifications to register - (a) Eligibility.--An individual who will be at least 18 years...
Section 1302 - Residence of electors - (a) General rule.-- (1) For the purpose of registration and...
Section 1321 - Methods of voter registration - An individual qualified to register to vote under section 1301(a)...
Section 1322 - In-person voter registration - (a) General rule.--Applications may be submitted to register to vote...
Section 1323 - Application with driver's license application - (a) General rule.-- (1) The Department of Transportation shall provide...
Section 1324 - Application by mail - (a) General rule.--An application to register to vote or to...
Section 1325 - Government agencies - (a) General rule.--The secretary shall administer a system whereby all...
Section 1326 - Time (Repealed) - 2019 Repeal. Section 1326 was repealed October 31, 2019, P.L.552,...
Section 1327 - Preparation and distribution of applications - (a) Form.-- (1) The secretary shall prescribe the form of...
Section 1328 - Approval of registration applications - (a) Examination.--Upon receiving a voter registration application, a commissioner, clerk...
Section 1328.1 - SURE registration number - Each registered elector shall be assigned a single and unique...
Section 1329 - Challenges - (a) Standing.--An individual claiming the right to be registered may...
Section 1330 - Appeals (Repealed) - 2019 Repeal. Section 1330 was repealed October 31, 2019, P.L.552,...
Chapter 14 - Records
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 14 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3,...
Section 1401 - General register - (a) General rule.--The general register shall contain all of the...
Section 1402 - District registers - (a) Registration card file.-- (1) Except as provided in subsection...
Section 1403 - Street lists - (a) Preparation.--Commencing not later than the 15th day prior to...
Section 1404 - Public information lists - (a) Establishment.-- (1) A commission shall provide for computer inquiries...
Section 1405 - Retention of records - (a) Computer lists.--Each commission shall preserve district registers for at...
Section 1406 - Reports - (a) Commission.--By March 1, a commission shall submit to the...
Chapter 15 - Changes in Records
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 15 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3,...
Section 1501 - Removal notices - (a) Form.-- (1) A commission shall make removal notices available...
Section 1502 - Transfer of registration - (a) General rule.--Upon timely receipt of notification of removal under...
Section 1503 - Change of enrollment of political party - By the deadline for registration, a registered elector who desires...
Section 1504 - Disability - (a) Eligibility.--If a registered elector by reason of blindness, disability...
Section 1505 - Death of registrant - (a) Department of Health.--A commission shall cancel the registration of...
Section 1506 - Checkup of registers - (a) General rule.--At any time prior to the 30th day...
Section 1507 - Canvass of registered electors - (a) Verification.--The commission may, by individual commissioners or by inspectors...
Section 1508 - Comparison and correction of registers - Commencing 30 days prior to each election, the commission shall...
Section 1509 - Petition to strike off names - (a) Initiation.--At any time not later than the tenth day...
Section 1510 - Failure to vote - (a) Check of electors.--By April 1 of each year except...
Section 1511 - Cancellation, removal and preservation of registration records - (a) General rule.--If the registration of a registered elector is...
Section 1512 - Correction of errors in cancellation or suspension - If the registration of a registered elector has been canceled...
Section 1513 - Applicability of provisions - (a) Suspension.--To the extent that the Secretary of the Commonwealth...
Section 1514 - Conversion of registration records - The department shall convert the registration records of each commission...
Chapter 16 - Commission Proceedings and Judicial Review
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 16 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3,...
Section 1601 - Subpoenas and witness fees - (a) Authorization.--A commission may issue a subpoena. (b) Form and...
Section 1602 - Court of common pleas - (a) Standing.--The following have standing to appeal an action of...
Section 1603 - Commission duties - In an appeal under section 1602 (relating to court of...
Chapter 17 - Penalties
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 17 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3,...
Section 1701 - Lawful orders - A person who intentionally disobeys a lawful order of a...
Section 1702 - Registration - (a) Improper.--A registrar, commissioner or clerk who knowingly registers or...
Section 1703 - Application - (a) Prohibition.--An individual may not do any of the following:...
Section 1704 - Altering registration - (a) Prohibition.--No registrar, commissioner, clerk or assistant or commission employee...
Section 1705 - Votes - (a) Prohibition.--An election officer may not do any of the...
Section 1706 - Duties under part - Any commissioner, registrar, clerk, inspector of registration, commission officer, commission...
Section 1707 - Official documents and electronic records - (a) Prohibition.--A person may not do any of the following:...
Section 1708 - Withholding information - A person who intentionally refuses to furnish to a commissioner...
Section 1709 - Law enforcement assistance - A law enforcement officer who, upon demand of any commissioner...
Section 1710 - Interference - A person who intentionally interferes with any other person in...
Section 1711 - Preventing registration - (a) Prohibition.--No person may do any of the following: (1)...
Section 1712 - Approval of registration - (a) Prohibition.--A person may not do any of the following:...
Section 1713 - Solicitation of registration - (a) Prohibition.--A person may not give, solicit or accept payment...
Section 1714 - Crimes Code - The provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. ยงยง 4902 (relating to perjury),...
Chapter 18 - Enforcement
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 18 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3,...
Section 1801 - Attorney General - (a) Investigation.--The secretary shall investigate alleged violations of sections 1323...
Section 1802 - District attorneys - (a) Investigation.--Except as provided in section 1801 (relating to Attorney...
Section 1803 - Power of department - (a) General rule.--The department shall have the authority to take...
Section 1804 - Relief - (a) Injunctive.--In the event that a commission fails to adhere...
Chapter 19 - Provisions Contingent on Federal Law
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 19 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3....
Section 1901 - Removal of electors - (a) Removal of elector's registration record.--Commissions shall institute a program...
Section 1902 - Procedure for voting following failure to return notification card - (a) Same county.-- (1) A registered elector who has moved...
Section 1903 - Incorrect records - If registration records incorrectly indicate that a registered elector has...
Section 1904 - Files - (a) Cancellation.--If the registration of a registered elector is canceled,...
Section 1905 - Errors in cancellation - (a) Petition.--If the registration of an elector has been canceled...
Section 1906 - Termination of chapter - (a) Notice.--If the Secretary of the Commonwealth determines that the...
Chapter 33 - Voting Procedures
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 33 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3,...
Section 3302 - Application for absentee ballots - (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding the provisions of Part IV (relating to...
Chapter 35 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 35 was added October 24, 2012, P.L.1490, No.189,...
Section 3501 - Short title of chapter - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 3502 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 3503 - Duties and responsibilities of secretary - (a) Responsible official.--The secretary is the official in the Commonwealth...
Section 3505 - Registering to vote - (a) General rule.--A covered voter who desires to vote in...
Section 3506 - Methods of applying for military-overseas ballot - (a) Registered voters.--A covered voter who is registered to vote...
Section 3507 - Timeliness and scope of ballot application - (a) General rule.--A covered voter may apply at any time...
Section 3508 - Transmission of unvoted ballots - (a) General rule.--Subject to subsection (b), for an election for...
Section 3509 - Timely casting of ballot - To be valid: (1) a military-overseas ballot must be received...
Section 3510 - Federal write-in absentee ballot - A covered voter may use a Federal write-in absentee ballot...
Section 3511 - Receipt of voted ballot - (a) Delivery governs.--A valid military-overseas ballot cast under section 3509...
Section 3512 - Confirmation of receipt of application and voted ballot - The secretary, in coordination with county election boards, shall implement...
Section 3514 - Election notices - (a) Preparation of notice.--At least 90 days before an election...
Section 3515 - Prohibition of nonsubstantive requirements - (a) Mistake, omission or failure to satisfy.--None of the following...
Section 3516 - Equitable relief - A court may issue an injunction or grant equitable relief...
Section 3517 - Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given...
Section 3518 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - To the extent permitted by section 102 of the Electronic...
Section 3519 - Construction - This chapter is intended to be read in concert with...