Title 25, ELECTIONS

(a) General rule.--Whenever possible, the secretary shall prescribe by regulation standardized voter registration or absentee ballot application forms which may be used, with prior approval by the secretary, by political bodies, candidates and organized bodies of citizens in comp…

(a) Registration application.--Voter registration applications printed under the act of June 30, 1995 (P.L.170, No.25), known as the Pennsylvania Voter Registration Act, may be used to apply for registration under this part. (b) Notice.--If the five-year period for notice to elec…

All electors registered to vote in this Commonwealth on the effective date of this section who remain qualified shall continue to be registered under this part.

The department shall administer this part.

The department shall do all of the following: (1) Provide for applicants to submit their voter registration application to a commission, the Department of Transportation and other agencies designated in section 1325 (relating to government agencies). (2) Prescribe a procedure for…

(a) Establishment.--A commission is established in each county. The commission has jurisdiction over the registration of applicants, qualified electors and registered electors of the county under this part. (b) Membership.-- (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the c…

(a) Counties of the first class.-- (1) A commissioner may act as registrar or inspector of registration. (2) The commission has the power to assign assistants, employees or clerks to act as registrars or inspectors of registration. Individuals assigned under this paragraph shall …

A commission may call on police officers of the appropriate municipality to maintain the peace at a place of registration.

(a) Unexpended balance.--Unexpended balances of appropriations made by the county commissioners prior to the effective date of this part for the purpose of carrying out the former act of March 30, 1937 (P.L.115, No.40), known as The First Class City Permanent Registration Act, an…

(a) Scope.--The following documents under this part are open to public inspection except as otherwise provided in this section: (1) Records of a registration commission and district registers. (2) Street lists. (3) Official voter registration applications. (4) Petitions and appea…

(a) Establishment.--The department shall develop and establish a Statewide Uniform Registry of Electors to be known as the SURE system. (b) Advisory board.--(Repealed). (c) Requirements.--The SURE system shall be developed as a single, uniform integrated computer system. All comm…

The cost of establishment, implementation and maintenance of the SURE system technology and its emergency recovery system shall be borne by the Commonwealth.

(a) Eligibility.--An individual who will be at least 18 years of age on the day of the next election, who has been a citizen of the United States for at least one month prior to the next election and who has resided in this Commonwealth and the election district where the individ…

(a) General rule.-- (1) For the purpose of registration and voting, no individual shall be deemed to have gained a residence by reason of presence or lost a residence by reason of absence in any of the following circumstances: (i) Being employed in the service, either civil or mi…

An individual qualified to register to vote under section 1301(a) (relating to qualifications to register) may apply to register as follows: (1) Under section 1322 (relating to in-person voter registration). (2) Under section 1323 (relating to application with driver's license ap…

(a) General rule.--Applications may be submitted to register to vote or change party enrollment or name or address on a current registration record in person before the commission or a commissioner, a registrar or a clerk at the office of the commission or at a place designated b…

(a) General rule.-- (1) The Department of Transportation shall provide for simultaneous application for voter registration in conjunction with the process under 75 Pa.C.S. § 1510 (relating to issuance and content of driver's license). An application under this subsection shall se…

(a) General rule.--An application to register to vote or to change party enrollment or name or address on a current registration may be submitted by voter registration mail application in the manner set forth in this section. An application may be submitted by mail or by represen…

(a) General rule.--The secretary shall administer a system whereby all offices in this Commonwealth that provide public assistance, each county clerk of orphans' court, including each marriage license bureau, all offices in this Commonwealth that provide State-funded programs pri…

2019 Repeal. Section 1326 was repealed October 31, 2019, P.L.552, No.77, effective immediately.

(a) Form.-- (1) The secretary shall prescribe the form of an official voter registration application. The official voter registration application shall provide space for the following information about the applicant: (i) Full name. (ii) Address of residence. If the residence is a…

(a) Examination.--Upon receiving a voter registration application, a commissioner, clerk or registrar of a commission shall do all of the following: (1) Initial and date the receipt of the application. (2) Examine the application to determine all of the following: (i) Whether the…

Each registered elector shall be assigned a single and unique SURE registration number in accordance with sections 1328 (relating to approval of registration applications) and 1514 (relating to conversion of registration records). Once assigned, a SURE registration number shall n…

(a) Standing.--An individual claiming the right to be registered may be challenged by a commissioner, registrar or clerk or by a qualified elector of the municipality. (b) Complaint.--To make a challenge, a complainant must file a challenge affidavit in a form prescribed by the s…

2019 Repeal. Section 1330 was repealed October 31, 2019, P.L.552, No.77, effective immediately.

(a) General rule.--The general register shall contain all of the following for each registered elector of the county: (1) The ward and election district of residence. (2) The registered elector's street address. (3) Data required to be given upon removal from the registered elect…

(a) Registration card file.-- (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) and in section 1401(e) (relating to general register), the original registration cards shall be filed by election districts in exact alphabetical order by last name of the registrant and shall be indexed. (2) …

(a) Preparation.--Commencing not later than the 15th day prior to each election, each commission shall prepare for each election district a list of the names and addresses of all registered electors as of that date resident in the district. The list may not include the digitized …

(a) Establishment.-- (1) A commission shall provide for computer inquiries concerning individual registered electors. With respect to each registered elector who is the subject of an inquiry, the information provided shall contain the name, address, date of birth and voting histo…

(a) Computer lists.--Each commission shall preserve district registers for at least five years in the manner, form and time frame established by the department. (b) Records.-- (1) The department and each commission shall preserve for two years and shall make available for public …

(a) Commission.--By March 1, a commission shall submit to the secretary an annual report setting forth the number of electors registered under sections 1322 (relating to in-person voter registration), 1323 (relating to application with driver's license application), 1324 (relatin…

(a) Form.-- (1) A commission shall make removal notices available to electors who are registered in the county. (2) The notice shall be printed upon cards suitable for mailing, addressed to the office of the commission. The notice shall provide the following information: (i) The …

(a) General rule.--Upon timely receipt of notification of removal under section 1501(b) (relating to removal notices), the commission shall proceed as follows: (1) The signature on the notification document shall be compared with the signature of the registered elector as it appe…

By the deadline for registration, a registered elector who desires to change the enrollment of political designation or who, although registered, has not previously enrolled as a member of a party may appear before a commissioner, registrar or clerk or may submit an application b…

(a) Eligibility.--If a registered elector by reason of blindness, disability or inability to read or write is unable to read the names on the ballot or on the voting machine labels or is unable to see or mark the ballot or operate the voting machine or to enter the voting compart…

(a) Department of Health.--A commission shall cancel the registration of a registered elector reported dead by the Department of Health. The Department of Health shall, within 60 days of receiving notice of the death of an individual 18 years of age or older, send the name and ad…

(a) General rule.--At any time prior to the 30th day preceding an election, a commission may mail to any qualified elector whose name appears in any district register a notice setting forth the elector's name and address as it appears in the register and requesting the elector in…

(a) Verification.--The commission may, by individual commissioners or by inspectors of registration, verify the registration in an election district by visiting each building from which an elector is registered and other buildings as the commission deems necessary. The commission…

Commencing 30 days prior to each election, the commission shall compare and correct the general and district registers. Cross References. Section 1508 is referred to in section 1513 of this title.

(a) Initiation.--At any time not later than the tenth day preceding an election, a qualified elector, including any watcher and any registrar or inspector of registration, may petition the commission to cancel or suspend the registration of a registered elector. The petition must…

(a) Check of electors.--By April 1 of each year except in a year in which the commission conducts a check of electors under section 1506(c) (relating to checkup of registers), the commission shall examine all of the district registers. (b) Suspension.--A qualified elector who has…

(a) General rule.--If the registration of a registered elector is canceled for any cause, the commission shall mark on the registration record of the elector the word "canceled" and the date and cause of cancellation and shall remove them from the general and district registers. …

If the registration of a registered elector has been canceled or suspended through error, the registered elector may petition the commission for reinstatement of registration not later than the tenth day preceding an election. After a hearing on the application, if error on the p…

(a) Suspension.--To the extent that the Secretary of the Commonwealth determines that the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-31, 42 U.S.C. § 1973gg et seq.) prohibits the cancellation of registration for elections for Federal office because of a failure to vo…

The department shall convert the registration records of each commission in accordance with section 1222 (relating to SURE system). In converting the registration records of each commission, the department shall assign each registered elector a SURE registration number which the …