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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY VANCE, PIPPY, BAKER, BOSCOLA, COSTA, EARLL, FERLO, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, LEACH, O'PAKE, RAFFERTY, SMUCKER, STACK, WAUGH AND M. WHITE, MARCH 2, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 2, 2009 |
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| A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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1 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth |
2 | of Pennsylvania, further providing for absentee voting. |
3 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
4 | hereby resolves as follows: |
5 | Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of |
6 | Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: |
7 | That section 14 of Article VII be amended to read: |
8 | § 14. Absentee voting. |
9 | (a) The Legislature shall, by general law, provide a manner |
10 | in which, and the time and place at which, qualified electors |
11 | who may, on the occurrence of any election, be absent from the |
12 | municipality of their residence, [because their duties, |
13 | occupation or business require them to be elsewhere] or who, on |
14 | the occurrence of any election, are unable to attend at their |
15 | proper polling places because of illness or physical disability |
16 | or who will not attend a polling place because of the observance |
17 | of a religious holiday or who cannot vote because of election |
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1 | day duties, in the case of a county employee, may vote, and for |
2 | the return and canvass of their votes in the election district |
3 | in which they respectively reside. |
4 | (b) For purposes of this section, "municipality" means a |
5 | city, borough, incorporated town, township or any similar |
6 | general purpose unit of government which may be created by the |
7 | General Assembly. |
8 | Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General |
9 | Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the |
10 | Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to |
11 | comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article |
12 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the |
13 | required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in |
14 | which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after |
15 | passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. |
16 | (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this |
17 | proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the |
18 | Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the |
19 | advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the |
20 | Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required |
21 | advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such |
22 | newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of |
23 | this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the |
24 | Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment |
25 | to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first |
26 | primary, general or municipal election which meets the |
27 | requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article |
28 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least |
29 | three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is |
30 | passed by the General Assembly. |
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