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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, ORIE, TOMLINSON, D. WHITE, BRUBAKER, WAUGH, EARLL, M. WHITE, ERICKSON, BOSCOLA AND PICCOLA, MARCH 8, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 8, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled |
2 | "An act concerning elections, including general, municipal, |
3 | special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates, |
4 | primary and election expenses and election contests; creating |
5 | and defining membership of county boards of elections; |
6 | imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth, |
7 | courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners; |
8 | imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying, |
9 | revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and |
10 | repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to |
11 | elections," in preparation for conduct of primaries and |
12 | elections, further providing for the meeting of election |
13 | officers on election day. |
14 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
15 | hereby enacts as follows: |
16 | Section 1. Section 1208(a) of the act of June 3, 1937 |
17 | (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is |
18 | amended to read: |
19 | Section 1208. Meeting of Election Officers on Day of |
20 | Election; Duties of Election Officers.--(a) The judges, |
21 | inspectors, clerks of election and machine inspectors, together |
22 | with the overseers, if any, shall meet in the respective places |
23 | appointed for holding the election in each election district at |
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1 | least thirty minutes before the hour for opening the polls on |
2 | the day of each primary and election. They shall thereupon, in |
3 | the presence of each other, take and subscribe in duplicate to |
4 | the oaths required by this act. Persons working the second half |
5 | of election day shall take and subscribe to the required oath |
6 | before their shift begins. |
7 | * * * |
8 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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