2022 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Act 66 - PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION CODE - NUMBER OF BALLOTS TO BE PRINTED AND SPECIMEN BALLOTS

Session of 2022

No. 2022-66

HB 1614

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 ballots, further providing for number of ballots to be printed and specimen ballots.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1007(a) of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended to read:

Section 1007.  Number of Ballots to Be Printed; Specimen Ballots.--(a)  The county board of each county shall provide for each election district a supply of official election ballots for:

[(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 10% 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 15% 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 10% greater than the highest number of ballots cast in any of the previous three municipal primary elections in the election district;

(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 10% 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 15% 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 10% greater than the highest number of ballots cast in any of the previous three municipal elections in the election district.]

(7)  any primary election in an amount equal to at least 50% of the total number of registered electors in an election district, less the number of registered electors in the election district who have requested an absentee or mail-in ballot; and

(8)  any general election in an amount equal to at least 100% of the total number of registered electors in an election district, less the number of registered electors in the election district who have requested an absentee or mail-in ballot.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 11th day of July, A.D. 2022.

TOM WOLF