Home Table of Contents

§ 3150.17. Public records

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 25 P.S. Elections & Electoral DistrictsEffective: March 27, 2020

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 25 P.S. Elections & Electoral Districts (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 14. Election Code (Refs & Annos)
Article XIII-D. Voting by Qualified Mail-in Electors (Refs & Annos)
Effective: March 27, 2020
25 P.S. § 3150.17
§ 3150.17. Public records
Currentness
(a) General rule.--All official mail-in ballots, files, applications for ballots and envelopes on which the executed declarations appear and all information and lists are designated and declared to be public records and shall be safely kept for a period of two years, except that no proof of identification shall be made public, nor shall information concerning a military elector be made public which is expressly forbidden by the Department of Defense because of military security.
(b) Record.--For each election, the county board shall maintain a record of the following information, if applicable, for each elector who makes application for a mail-in ballot:
(1) The elector's name and voter registration address.
(2) The date on which the elector's application is received by the county board.
(3) The date on which the elector's application is approved or rejected by the county board.
(4) The date on which the county board mails or delivers the mail-in ballot to the elector.
(5) The date on which the elector's completed mail-in ballot is received by the county board.
(c) Compilation.--The county board shall compile the records listed under subsection (b) and make the records publicly available upon request within 48 hours of the request.

Credits

1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, No. 320, art. XIII-D, § 1307-D, added 2019, Oct. 31, P.L. 552, No. 77, § 8, imd. effective. Amended 2020, March 27, P.L. 41, No. 12, § 14, imd. effective.
25 P.S. § 3150.17, PA ST 25 P.S. § 3150.17
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
End of Document