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§ 3031.9. Forms

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 XI-a. Electronic Voting Systems
Effective: March 27, 2020
25 P.S. § 3031.9
§ 3031.9. Forms
Currentness
<Section 17 of Act 2020, March 27, P.L. 41, No. 12, imd. effective, provides that the amendment of 25 P.S. § 3031.9(b) and (e) by that Act shall apply to envelopes and ballots purchased, printed or acquired after March 27, 2020.>
(a)(1) Ballot labels used in conjunction with ballot cards shall, as far as practicable, be in the same order or arrangement as provided for paper ballots or voting machine ballots, except that such information may be printed in vertical columns or in a number of separate pages which are placed on the voting device.
(2) The pages placed on the voting device shall be of sufficient number to include, following the listing of particular candidates, the names of candidates for any nonpartisan offices and any measures for which a voter may be qualified to vote on a given election day.
(3) In a primary election the pages placed on the voting device may be arranged with the entire ballot label consisting of several groups of pages, so that a separate group can be used to list the names of candidates seeking nomination of each qualified political party, with additional groups used to list any nonpartisan offices or measures. Groups of pages may be identified by color or other suitable means, and voters shall be instructed to vote only for candidates of the party of their choice and thereafter to vote for any nonpartisan candidates or measures.
(b) Ballot labels shall be printed in plain clear type, of such size and arrangement as to fit the construction of the voting device; and they shall be printed in a manner prescribed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth to identify different ballots or parts of a ballot and in primary elections to identify each political party.
(c) On all ballot labels the titles of offices and the names of candidates shall in all elections be arranged in columns or rows in a series of separate pages and, in primary elections, the names of candidates for an office shall appear in the order that was established under the provisions of sections 915 and 916. The office titles shall be printed above or at the side of the names of candidates so as to indicate clearly the candidates for each office and the number to be elected. In partisan elections the party designation of each candidate shall be printed to the right or below the candidate's name. All candidates for one office shall be grouped on one page where practical; in case there are more candidates for an office than can be printed in one column or on one ballot page, the ballot label shall clearly indicate that the list of candidates is continued on the following column or page, and so far as possible, the same number of names shall be printed on each column or page. Arrows may be used to indicate the place to vote for each candidate and for or against every question presented.
(d) Deleted by 2019, Oct. 31, P.L. 552, No. 77, § 3, imd. effective.
(e) In primary elections, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall prescribe a method to ensure that the elector votes the correct ballot.
(f) Ballot cards, or the portion thereof on which the voter registers his vote, shall be of a size, design and stock suitable for processing by the automatic tabulating equipment used in the voting system.
(g) Sample ballots, which shall be facsimile copies of the official ballot or ballot labels, shall be provided and posted in each polling place on election day as required by law. Sample ballots may be printed on a single page or on a number of pages stapled together.

Credits

1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, No. 320, art. XI-A, § 1109-A, added 1980, July 11, P.L. 600, No. 128, § 4, imd. effective. Amended 2019, Oct. 31, P.L. 552, No. 77, § 3, imd. effective; 2019, Nov. 27, P.L. 673, No. 94, § 3, imd. effective; 2020, March 27, P.L. 41, No. 12, § 4, imd. effective.
25 P.S. § 3031.9, PA ST 25 P.S. § 3031.9
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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