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§ 2941.1. Affidavits of candidates

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 25 P.S. Elections & Electoral DistrictsEffective: October 31, 2019

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 25 P.S. Elections & Electoral Districts (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 14. Election Code (Refs & Annos)
Article IX. Nomination of Candidates (Refs & Annos)
(c) Objections; Withdrawals; Certifications
Effective: October 31, 2019
25 P.S. § 2941.1
§ 2941.1. Affidavits of candidates
Each candidate for any State, county, city, borough, incorporated town, township, ward, school district, poor district or election district office, or for the office of United States Senator or Representative in Congress, selected as provided in sections 979 and 9801 of this act, shall file with the substituted nomination certificate an affidavit stating--(a) his residence, with street and number, if any, and his post-office address; (b) his election district, giving city, borough, town or township; (c) the name of the office for which he consents to be a candidate; (d) that he is eligible for such office; (e) that he will not knowingly violate any provision of this act, or of any law regulating and limiting election expenses and prohibiting corrupt practices in connection therewith; (f) unless he is a candidate for judge of a court of common pleas, the Philadelphia Municipal Court or for the office of school board in a district where that office is elective or for the office of justice of the peace, that he is not a candidate for the same office of any party or political body other than the one designated in such certificate; (g) that he is aware of the provisions of section 16262 of this act requiring election and post-election reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures; and (h) that he is not a candidate for an office which he already holds, the term of which is not set to expire in the same year as the office subject to the affidavit.

Credits

1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, No. 320, § 981.1, added 1985 April 18, P.L. 5, No. 4, § 6, imd. effective. Amended 1986, Feb. 19, P.L. 29, No. 11, § 10, imd. effective; 1998, Feb. 13, P.L. 72, No. 18, § 10, imd. effective; 2006, May 11, P.L. 178, No. 45, § 8, effective July 1, 2006; 2019, Oct. 31, P.L. 552, No. 77, § 3, imd. effective.

Footnotes

25 P.S. §§ 2939 and 2940.
25 P.S. § 3246.
25 P.S. § 2941.1, PA ST 25 P.S. § 2941.1
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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