Pennsylvania Statutes § 3150.16 Voting by mail-in electors.
Statute Text
(a)
General rule.
--At any time after receiving an official mail-in ballot, but on or before eight o'clock p.m. the day of the primary or election, the mail-in elector shall, in secret, proceed to mark the ballot only in black lead pencil, indelible pencil or blue, black or blue-black ink, in fountain pen or ball point pen, and then fold the ballot, enclose and securely seal the same in the envelope on which is printed, stamped or endorsed "official election ballot." This envelope shall then be placed in the second one, on which is printed the form of declaration of the elector, and the address of the elector's county board of election and the local election district of the elector. The elector shall then fill out, date and sign the declaration printed on such envelope. Such envelope shall then be securely sealed and the elector shall send same by mail, postage prepaid, except where franked, or deliver it in person to said county board of election.
(a.1)
Signature.
--Any elector who is unable to sign the declaration because of illness or physical disability, shall be excused from signing upon making a declaration which shall be witnessed by one adult person in substantially the following form:
I hereby declare that i am unable to sign my declaration for voting my mail-in ballot without assistance because i am unable to write by reason of my illness or physical disability. I have made or received assistance in making my mark in lieu of my signature.
(Mark)
(Date)
(Complete address of witness)
(Signature of witness)
(b)
Eligibility.
--
(1)
Any elector who receives and votes a mail-in ballot under section 1301-D shall not be eligible to vote at a polling place on election day. The district register at each polling place shall clearly identify electors who have received and voted mail-in ballots as ineligible to vote at the polling place, and district election officers shall not permit electors who voted a mail-in ballot to vote at the polling place.
(2)
An elector who requests a mail-in ballot and who is not shown on the district register as having voted may vote by provisional ballot under section
1210
(a.4)(1).
(3)
Notwithstanding paragraph (2), an elector who requests a mail-in ballot and who is not shown on the district register as having voted the ballot may vote at the polling place if the elector remits the ballot and the envelope containing the declaration of the elector to the judge of elections to be spoiled and the elector signs a statement subject to the penalties of
18
Pa.C.S. §
4904
(relating to unsworn falsification to authorities) which shall be in substantially the following form:
I hereby declare that I am a qualified registered elector who has obtained an absentee ballot or mail-in ballot. I further declare that I have not cast my absentee ballot or mail-in ballot, and that instead I remitted my absentee ballot or mail-in ballot to the judge of elections at my polling place to be spoiled and therefore request that my absentee ballot or mail-in ballot be voided.
(Date)
(Signature of elector)........... (Address of elector)
(Local judge of elections)
(c)
Deadline.
--Except as provided under 25 Pa.C.S. 3511 (relating to receipt of voted ballot), a completed mail-in ballot must be received in the office of the county board of elections no later than eight o'clock p.m. on the day of the primary or election.
History
Amended by
P.L.
Added by
P.L.
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