§ 2624. Voting Standards Development Board
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 25 P.S. Elections & Electoral DistrictsEffective: May 15, 2013
Effective: May 15, 2013
25 P.S. § 2624
§ 2624. Voting Standards Development Board
(h)(1) The board shall have the power and duty to develop uniform and nondiscriminatory standards that define what constitutes a valid vote cast through a paper ballot and what constitutes a valid vote through each type of electronic voting system used in the Commonwealth. On or before July 1, 2003, the board shall adopt standards for paper ballots and each type of electronic voting system. The department shall cause these standards to be published as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
(2) The standards adopted by the board and published by the Department of State in the Pennsylvania Bulletin Volume 33 Number 31 on August 2, 2003, shall have the force and effect of law until such time as a category of voting system, other than the paper ballot or electronic voting system as defined in section 1101-A,1 is approved by the secretary for use in this Commonwealth under section 201(b).2 The secretary shall publish the approval as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
Credits
1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, No. 320, art. II, § 204, added 2002, Dec. 9, P.L. 1246, No. 150, § 3, imd. effective. Amended 2006, May 11, P.L. 178, No. 45, § 1, imd. effective; 2009, July 14, P.L. 86, No. 20, § 2, effective in 60 days [Sept. 14, 2009]; 2011, May 13, P.L. 13, No. 3, § 1, imd. effective; 2013, May 15, P.L. 25, No. 6, § 1, imd. effective.
25 P.S. § 2624, PA ST 25 P.S. § 2624
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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