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Pennsylvania Constitution, Article VII

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Article VII, Elections

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All articles174 Art. I29 Art. II17 Art. III32 Art. IV21 Art. V18 Art. VI7 Art. VII14 Art. VIII17 Art. IX14 Art. X4 Art. XI1

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Pa. Const. art. VII, § 1 Qualifications of electors
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Every citizen 21 years of age, possessing the following qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections subject, however, to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact. 1. He or she shall have been a citizen of the…
Pa. Const. art. VII, § 2 General election day
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The general election shall be held biennially on the Tuesday next following the first Monday of November in each even-numbered year, but the General Assembly may by law fix a different day, two-thirds of all the members of each House consenting thereto: Provided, That such electi…
Pa. Const. art. VII, § 3 Municipal election day; offices to be filled on election days
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All judges elected by the electors of the State at large may be elected at either a general or municipal election, as circumstances may require. All elections for judges of the courts for the several judicial districts, and for county, city, ward, borough, and township officers, …
Pa. Const. art. VII, § 4 Method of elections; secrecy in voting
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All elections by the citizens shall be by ballot or by such other method as may be prescribed by law: Provided, That secrecy in voting be preserved. (Nov. 5, 1901, P.L.882, J.R.2)

Pa. Const. art. VII, § 5 Electors privileged from arrest

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Electors shall in all cases except treason, felony and breach or surety of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance on elections and in going to and returning therefrom.

Pa. Const. art. VII, § 6 Election and registration laws

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All laws regulating the holding of elections by the citizens, or for the registration of electors, shall be uniform throughout the State, except that laws regulating and requiring the registration of electors may be enacted to apply to cities only, provided that such laws be unif…

Pa. Const. art. VII, § 7 Bribery of electors

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Any person who shall give, or promise or offer to give, to an elector, any money, reward or other valuable consideration for his vote at an election, or for withholding the same, or who shall give or promise to give such consideration to any other person or party for such elector…

Pa. Const. art. VII, § 8 Witnesses in contested elections

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In trials of contested elections and in proceedings for the investigation of elections, no person shall be permitted to withhold his testimony upon the ground that it may criminate himself or subject him to public infamy; but such testimony shall not afterwards be used against hi…

Pa. Const. art. VII, § 9 Fixing election districts

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Townships and wards of cities or boroughs shall form or be divided into election districts of compact and contiguous territory and their boundaries fixed and changed in such manner as may be provided by law. (Nov. 6, 1928, 1927 P.L.1043, J.R.6; Nov. 2, 1943, P.L.917, J.R.1)

Pa. Const. art. VII, § 10 Viva voce elections

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All elections by persons in a representative capacity shall be viva voce or by automatic recording device publicly indicating how each person voted. (May 16, 1967, P.L.1048, J.R.5)

Pa. Const. art. VII, § 11 Election officers

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District election boards shall consist of a judge and two inspectors, who shall be chosen at municipal elections for such terms as may be provided by law. Each elector shall have the right to vote for the judge and one inspector, and each inspector shall appoint one clerk. The fi…

Pa. Const. art. VII, § 12 Disqualifications for service as election officer

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No persons shall be qualified to serve as an election officer who shall hold, or shall within two months have held any office, appointment or employment in or under the government of the United States, or of this State, or of any city, or county, or of any municipal board, commis…

Pa. Const. art. VII, § 13 Contested elections

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The trial and determination of contested elections of electors of President and Vice-President, members of the General Assembly, and of all public officers, whether State, judicial, municipal or local, and contests involving questions submitted to the electors at any election sha…

Pa. Const. art. VII, § 14 Absentee voting

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(a) The Legislature shall, by general law, provide a manner in which, and the time and place at which, qualified electors who may, on the occurrence of any election, be absent from the municipality of their residence, because their duties, occupation or business require them to b…