Section 8. The act is amended by adding sections to read:
Section 1305.1. Notice to County Board of Elections.--(a) At least fifty days prior to a primary, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall transmit to the county board of elections a list of candidates who have filed a nominating petition with him and who are not known to have withdrawn or been disqualified, conforming, to the extent possible, with the requirements of section 916.
(b) At least seventy days prior to an election, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall transmit to the county board of elections a list, as he knows it to exist at that time, of candidates to be voted on in the county at the election, as well as a copy of all constitutional amendments and other questions to be voted on at such election, together with a statement of the form in which they are to be placed on the ballot, conforming to the extent possible with the requirements of section 984.
Section 1831.1. Children in Polling Places and Voting Compartments or Voting Machine Booths.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, an elector may permit his or her minor child or children to accompany him or her into the polling place and may permit one such minor child to accompany him or her into the voting compartment or voting machine booth.