SB 418 — An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in ballots, further providing for number of ballots to be printed and specimen ballots.

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418WILLIAMS, BROWNE AND BREWSTER, MARCH 19, 2019 INTRODUCEDWARD, BYREFERRED STEFANO,TO MARTIN,STATE FOLMER,GOVERNMENT, SCHWANK,MARCH KILLION,19, ARGALL,2019 BARTOLOTTA,AN COSTA,ACT DiSANTO,Amending K.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;

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WILLIAMS,imposing BROWNEpenalties ANDfor BREWSTER,violation MARCHof 19, 2019 SENATOR FOLMER, STATE GOVERNMENT, AS AMENDED, JUNE 18, 2019 AN ACT Amending the actact, of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled "An act concerning elections, including general, municipal, special and primarycodifying, elections,repealing thecertain nominationacts of candidates, and definingparts membership of countyacts boardsrelating ofto; elections;reating imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth, courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;

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and repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to elections," in ballots, further providing for number of ballots to be printed and specimen ballots.

(1) the primary election in an amount of at least ten per <-- centum greater than the highest number of ballots cast in any of the previous three primary elections in the election district;

(1) THE GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS <-- IN WHICH CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARE NOT NOMINATED IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST TEN PER CENTUM GREATER THAN THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BALLOTS CAST IN THE ELECTION DISTRICT IN ANY OF THE PREVIOUS THREE GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS AT WHICH CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WERE NOT NOMINATED;

(2) THE GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS IN WHICH CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARE NOMINATED IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST TEN PER CENTUM GREATER THAN THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BALLOTS CAST IN THE ELECTION DISTRICT IN ANY OF THE PREVIOUS THREE GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS AT WHICH CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WERE NOMINATED;

(3) THE MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTION HELD IN ODD-NUMBERED YEARS IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST TEN PER CENTUM GREATER THAN THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BALLOTS CAST IN ANY OF THE PREVIOUS THREE MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN THE ELECTION DISTRICT;

20190SB0418PN1014 - 2 - (4) THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS IN WHICH CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARE NOT ELECTED IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST TEN PER CENTUM GREATER THAN THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BALLOTS CAST IN THE ELECTION DISTRICT IN ANY OF THE PREVIOUS THREE GENERAL ELECTIONS AT WHICH CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WERE NOT ELECTED;

(5) THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS IN WHICH CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARE ELECTED IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST TEN PER CENTUM GREATER THAN THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BALLOTS CAST IN THE ELECTION DISTRICTS IN ANY OF THE PREVIOUS THREE GENERAL ELECTIONS AT WHICH CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WERE ELECTED;

AND (6) THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD IN ODD-NUMBERED YEARS IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST TEN PER CENTUM GREATER THAN THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BALLOTS CAST IN ANY OF THE PREVIOUS THREE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE ELECTION DISTRICT.

They shall also cause to be printed on tinted paper, and without the facsimile endorsements, permanent binding or stubs, copies of the form of ballots provided for each polling place at each primary or election therein, which shall be called specimen ballots, and which shall be of the same size and form as the official ballots, and at each election they shall deliver to the election officers, in addition to the official ballots to be 20190SB0418PN1014 - 3 - used at such election, a suitable supply of specimen ballots for the use of the electors.

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