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2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Chapter 93 - Public Library Code › Section 9338 - District library center aid

§ 9338. District library center aid.
(a) Eligibility.--
Any library designated by the State Librarian to serve as a district library center shall qualify for an additional amount of State aid under this section.
(b) Allocation method.--
The following shall apply:
(1) The amount of aid to be paid to each district library center shall be determined by multiplying the annual per capita rate set by the department by the number of persons residing in the district.
(2) No district library center shall receive less than $200,000.
(c) Standards.--
A district library center shall meet the following standards to qualify for aid under this section:
(1) A district library center shall implement a program of service to local libraries through an agreement negotiated by representatives from the district library center, local libraries, library systems and the State Library. The program shall be implemented in accordance with district library center rules and regulations issued by the State Librarian.
(2) As part of the negotiated agreement, the district library center shall provide leadership, coordination and consultation to local libraries in the following areas:
(i) Continuing education for library staff.
(ii) Library services to youth.
(iii) Library services to special populations, including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, homebound individuals, the elderly and individuals who are deficient in basic literacy skills.
(iv) Information technology and library automation.
(v) Orientation and training for boards of directors of local libraries, library systems and district library centers.
(d) Countywide cooperative plan.--
If there is no county library or library system in a county of the second through eighth class, the district library center shall coordinate the countywide plan for services described in section 9337(e) (relating to county coordination aid).
Cross References.
Section 9338 is referred to in sections 9302, 9333 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Chapter 93 - Public Library Code › Section 9339 - Statewide library resource center aid

§ 9339. Statewide library resource center aid.
(a) Eligibility.--
Any library designated by the State Librarian to serve as a Statewide library resource center shall qualify for additional State aid under this section.
(b) Allocation method.--
The allocation shall be divided equally among the libraries so designated.
(c) Powers and duties.--
Statewide library resource centers shall disseminate information to Pennsylvanians to augment the collections and services of local libraries and district library centers through:
(1) Digitizing Pennsylvania resources from their extensive collections for Statewide accessibility and use via the Internet.
(2) Implementing for use by all Pennsylvanians an online reference service based on the specialized resources and staff expertise of the four Statewide library resource centers.
(3) Enhancing access to specialized online reference databases.
(4) Building major research collections and making them available to all residents of this Commonwealth on a Statewide basis via direct borrowing, interlibrary loan or onsite use.
Cross References.
Section 9339 is referred to in section 9333 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Chapter 93 - Public Library Code › Section 9341 - Transfer of funds among allocations

§ 9341. Transfer of funds among allocations.
(a) General rule.--
If necessary, the department may transfer funds among the allocations found in section 9333(e) (relating to State system of aid to libraries).
(b) Exception.--
The aggregate amount transferred into or out of each allocation during a fiscal year shall not exceed 5% of the amount specifically allocated for any specific type of aid.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Chapter 93 - Public Library Code › Section 9343 - Basic aid to local libraries

§ 9343. Basic aid to local libraries.
(a) Allocation.--
For eligible fiscal years up to and through the 1998-1999 fiscal year, 25% of the Commonwealth's total annual appropriation for the system of State aid established under section 9333 (relating to State system of aid to libraries), or a minimum of 25¢ per capita for each person residing in the municipalities of the libraries which qualify for basic aid, shall be allocated as basic aid.
(b) Minimum financial effort.--
(1) Any local library which makes a minimum financial effort equal to one-half mill, for the municipalities on behalf of which it applies for aid, or $2 per capita for each person residing in those municipalities, whichever is less, and achieves the basic standards, shall qualify for basic State aid. The aid shall not be less than 25¢ for each person residing in the municipalities.
(2) If the allocation for basic aid exceeds the amount necessary to pay the minimum rate, the entire allocation shall be distributed at a per capita rate which shall be determined by dividing the allocation by the number of persons in this Commonwealth on behalf of which local libraries and library systems apply and qualify for basic aid. In the first year in which a library applies for State aid, it shall qualify by making a minimum financial effort equal to one-quarter mill, or $1 per capita for each person residing in the municipalities, whichever is less.
(c) Qualification.--
(1) In each of the succeeding five years, the library shall qualify for maximum State aid only when it increases its financial effort by the following scale of percentages of the difference between the financial effort with which the library initially qualified for State aid and a financial effort equal to one-half mill, or $2 per capita for each person residing in the municipalities for which it applies for aid, whichever is less:
1st succeeding year-20%;
2nd succeeding year-40%;
3rd succeeding year-60%;
4th succeeding year-80%; and
5th succeeding year-100%.
(2) If the increase in any year is less than the percentage specified under paragraph (1), the amount of State aid shall be reduced by a percentage equal to one-fifth of the percentage which the difference between the required increase and the actual increase bears to the required increase multiplied by the number of years of participation in State aid beyond the first year.
(d) Ineligibility.--
After the fifth succeeding year, a local library shall not be eligible for further State aid unless it makes a financial effort equal to one-half mill for the municipalities on behalf of which it applies for aid, or $2 per capita for each person residing in those municipalities, whichever is less.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Chapter 93 - Public Library Code › Section 9344 - Incentive aid to local libraries

§ 9344. Incentive aid to local libraries.
(a) Allocation.--
For eligible fiscal years up to and through the 1998-1999 fiscal year, 25% of the Commonwealth's total annual appropriation for the system of State aid established under section 9333 (relating to State system of aid to libraries), or a minimum of 25¢ per capita for each person residing in the direct service areas of the libraries which qualify for incentive aid, shall be allocated as incentive aid.
(b) Incentive aid.--
(1) Any local library or library system which makes a minimum financial effort equal to one-half mill, or $2 per capita for each person residing in its direct service area, whichever is less, and fulfills the minimum standards for local libraries or the minimum standards for library systems, whichever is applicable, shall qualify for incentive aid, which shall be in addition to all other amounts of aid provided under this section.
(2) Each qualifying library or library system shall receive incentive aid up to 50¢ for each $1 of surplus financial effort, but, if 50¢ per $1 of surplus financial effort is more than 25¢ per capita, the minimum incentive aid shall be 25¢ per capita for each person residing in the direct service area. If, after paying the minimum amount set forth under this section, there is a balance in the allocation, the balance shall be prorated among the libraries and library systems which qualify for a larger amount of aid at the rate of 50¢ for each $1 of surplus financial effort rather than at the rate of 25¢ per capita.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Chapter 93 - Public Library Code › Section 9351 - Financial support for libraries authorized

§ 9351. Financial support for libraries authorized.
(a) Municipalities empowered to support libraries.--
The municipal officers of a municipality may establish a local library or aid in the maintenance of a local library established by deed, gift or testamentary provision for the use of the residents of the municipality through:
(1) Appropriations out of current revenue of the municipality.
(2) Money raised by the levy of a special library tax.
(b) Special library tax.--
(1) A special library tax may be:
(i) levied on the taxable property of the municipality; or
(ii) levied and collected with the general taxes.
(2) A special library tax may not be levied on residents of a municipality which appropriates funds or levies a tax for the support of a local library that is located within the municipality but is not a part of the direct service area of a county library.
(3) Imposition of a special library tax shall not prevent a municipality from also making appropriations for library purposes.
(4) Income from a special library tax shall be used for the support and maintenance of the local library.
Cross References.
Section 9351 is referred to in section 9318 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Chapter 93 - Public Library Code › Section 9352 - Popular subscription

§ 9352. Popular subscription.
(a) Authorization.--
The residents of a municipality may raise a fund equal to or exceeding the gross amount of a three-mill tax on taxable property in the municipality by popular subscription.
(b) Acceptance by municipality.--
If the fund raised by popular subscription is offered to the municipality for the purpose of establishing a local library, the municipal officers of the municipality shall accept the fund and use it for the sole purpose of establishing a local library.
(c) Limitation on subscribers.--
No more than 2% of the fund raised by popular subscription may be subscribed by one individual or organization.
(d) Payment of subscription.--
The subscription may be made payable in four quarterly payments and shall be in a form that is collectible by legal process if necessary.
(e) Control of fund.--
Upon receipt of the fund authorized under subsection (a), the municipal officers shall immediately place the fund under the control of a board of library directors appointed under section 9318 (relating to local library governance).
(f) Library tax.--
The municipal officers shall levy and collect a tax at the annual rate of not less than one and one-half mills annually on taxable property in the municipality for the purpose of maintaining a library established under the provisions of this section.
Cross References.
Section 9352 is referred to in section 9318 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Chapter 93 - Public Library Code › Section 9353 - Gifts and donations

§ 9353. Gifts and donations.
(a) Power to hold property.--
A municipality or corporation that owns or manages a local library may take and hold real or personal property for library purposes.
(b) Transfer of title.--
A person wishing to donate books, money or real or personal property for the benefit of a local library may vest the title to that property in the municipality or corporation having control of the affairs of the library, to be held and controlled by the municipality or corporation according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest.
(c) Fiduciary capacity.--
The municipality or corporation shall perform its duties under this section in a fiduciary manner.
(d) Control of property.--
Unless the terms of the donation, deed, gift, devise or bequest specify otherwise, the board of library directors or the corporation shall control and administer the property received under this section.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Chapter 93 - Public Library Code › Section 9371 - Free use of libraries

§ 9371. Free use of libraries.
(a) Residents and taxpayers.--
Each library established or maintained under this chapter shall be free for the use of the residents and taxpayers of the municipality in which it is located.
(b) Nonresidents.--
The board of library directors may extend library privileges to persons not residing in the municipality upon the terms and conditions that the board prescribes.
(c) Terms of usage.--
Usage of the library shall be subject to reasonable rules and regulations adopted by the board of library directors.
(d) Loss of privileges.--
The board of library directors may exclude from the use of the library a person who willfully violates the rules and regulations adopted under subsection (c).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Chapter 93 - Public Library Code › Section 9372 - Tax exempt status

§ 9372. Tax exempt status.
(a) Exemption from local taxes.--
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following shall be exempt from county, city, borough, town, township, school, bounty, poor or head taxes:
(i) A building owned and occupied by a local library.
(ii) The land on which a local library stands.
(iii) Land that is immediately and necessarily appurtenant to a local library.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies even if some portion of the building or land yields rental income to the corporation or association managing the library, if the net rental receipts of the corporation or association are used solely to maintain the library.
(b) Exemption from inheritance taxes.--
A gift, devise, grant or endowment made to a local or national library shall be free from collateral inheritance tax.
(c) Exemption for investment interest.--
A gift, endowment or fund of a local library which is invested in an interest-bearing security shall be exempt from State tax on money at interest, if that income is used solely for the purchase of books or the maintenance of the library.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Chapter 93 - Public Library Code › Section 9373 - Commonwealth publications

§ 9373. Commonwealth publications.
(a) Documents depository libraries.--
The State Librarian shall designate State document depository libraries to receive Commonwealth publications.
(b) Collection and distribution.--
The Department of General Services shall direct each department, board, commission or agency of the Commonwealth to supply it with copies of each publication remaining after regular distribution according to existing allocations, up to a maximum of 250 copies. The Department of General Services shall forward, as soon as practicable, a copy of each publication to those libraries designated by the State Librarian under subsection (a).
(c) Eligible libraries.--
A public library, school library, junior college or community college library, university library or historical society library in this Commonwealth shall be eligible to receive free copies of the publications.
(d) Recall of publications.--
The Commonwealth may recall a publication if its copy is destroyed, damaged or lost.
(e) Documents published under the Commonwealth Documents Law.--
This section shall not apply to the distribution of documents published under the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240), referred to as the Commonwealth Documents Law. With the approval of the advisory council, the State Librarian shall make recommendations from time to time to the Joint Committee on Documents concerning criteria for the distribution to libraries of documents published under the Commonwealth Documents Law.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Chapter 93 - Public Library Code › Section 9374 - Selection of materials

§ 9374. Selection of materials.
(a) Counseling by State Librarian.--
The powers and duties of the State Librarian relating to counseling local libraries in the selection of resources of books and other materials contained in section 9311(b)(6)(ii) (relating to State Library and State Librarian) shall not restrict or limit local libraries in their choice of resources that have not been determined as a result of counseling.
(b) Rules and regulations restricted.--
No rule or regulation promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall directly or indirectly prohibit the inclusion in a library's collections of a particular book, periodical, material, the works of a particular author or the expression of a particular point of view.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Chapter 93 - Public Library Code › Section 9375 - Privacy of circulation records

§ 9375. Privacy of circulation records.
Records of the following institutions which relate to the circulation of library materials and contain the names or other personally identifying information of users of the materials shall be confidential and may not be made available to anyone except by a court order in a criminal proceeding:
(1) The State Library.
(2) A local library established or maintained under the provisions of this chapter.
(3) The library of a university, college or educational institution chartered by the Commonwealth.
(4) The library of a public school.
(5) A library established and maintained under a law of this Commonwealth.
(6) A branch reading room, deposit station or agency operated in connection with a library described in this section.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 24 - EDUCATION › Chapter 93 - Public Library Code › Section 9376 - Damage to library materials

§ 9376. Damage to library materials.
(a) Offenses defined.--
A person who willfully cuts, mutilates, marks or otherwise injures a book, pamphlet, magazine, newspaper, manuscript, map or other property of or on deposit with any of the institutions under subsection (c) shall, upon conviction, be subject to the same penalties as provided for in 18 Pa.C.S. § 6708 (relating to retention of library property after notice to return).
(b) Disposition of fines.--
Fines collected under a conviction under this section shall be distributed for the use of the library against which the offense was committed.
(c) Applicability.--
This section applies to materials from any of the following institutions:
(1) The State Library.
(2) A local library established or maintained under this chapter.
(3) The library of a university, college or educational institution chartered by the Commonwealth.
(4) The library of a public school.
(5) A library established and maintained under a law of this Commonwealth.
(6) A branch reading room, deposit station or agency operated in connection with a library described in this section.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Extra - Title Notes

Special Provisions in Appendix.
See sections 2 and 6 of Act 3 of 2002 in the appendix to this title for special provisions
            relating to establishment and implementation of SURE system and continuation of Pennsylvania
            Voter Registration Act.
Special Provisions in Appendix.
See section 3 of Act 3 of 2002 in the appendix to this title for special provisions
            relating to application of provisions relating to SURE system.
Special Provisions in Appendix.
See section 2 of Act 3 of 2002 in the appendix to this title for special provisions
            relating to establishment and implementation of SURE system.
Special Provisions in Appendix.
See section 6 of Act 3 of 2002 in the appendix to this title for special provisions
            relating to continuation of Pennsylvania Voter Registration Act.
25c3501h
Enactment.
Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of Title 25 were added January 31, 2002, P.L.18,
            No.3, effective in 45 days.
Enactment.
Part II was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3, effective immediately.
Enactment.
Part IV was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3, effective in 45 days unless otherwise
            noted.
Enactment.
Part IX was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3, effective in 45 days.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 7 - County Officers › Section 701 - Definitions

§ 701. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"District election board."
Election officers required for the conduct of elections in any election district in accordance with the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code.
"Election."
A general, municipal, special or primary election.
"Election district."
A district, division or precinct established in accordance with the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in which all qualified electors are eligible to vote in the same polling place.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 7 - County Officers › Section 711 - (Repealed)

2002 Repeal.
Subchapter B (§ 711) was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3, and repealed December 9, 2002, P.L.1246, No.150, effective immediately.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 11 - Preliminary Provisions › Section 1104 - Construction

§ 1104. Construction.
No part of any day fixed for the performance of duties by any person or official under this part shall be deemed a Sunday or a legal holiday so as to affect the legality of work done for the purpose of carrying out this part or the right of a person to compensation provided for rendering any service required by this part or so as to relieve any person from doing on such day whatever is necessary for the purpose of carrying out this part. Such services are declared to be necessary public services.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 11 - Preliminary Provisions › Section 1105 - Standardized forms

§ 1105. Standardized forms.
(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 compliance with both the provisions of this part and the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code.
(b) Prior approval.--
The secretary shall develop a system whereby political bodies, candidates and organized bodies of citizens may receive prior approval of standardized forms developed pursuant to subsection (a).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 11 - Preliminary Provisions › Section 1106 - Applications

§ 1106. Applications.
(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 electors provided for under section 1901(b)(3) (relating to removal of electors) has been declared invalid or rejected by a court of competent jurisdiction or by the United States Department of Justice, after all appeals have been exhausted and upon certification to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, notice shall be given in accordance with section 1901(b)(3) after a period of ten years. If the ten-year period has been certified to the Secretary of the Commonwealth as invalid and upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, notice shall be given in accordance with section 1901(b)(3) after a period of 20 years.
(c) Election Code.--
Nothing in the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, shall be deemed inconsistent with this part.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 12 - Registration System › Extra - Chapter Notes

Enactment.
Chapter 12 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3, effective in 45 days unless otherwise
            noted.
Cross References.
Subchapter B is referred to in sections 1102, 1201 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 12 - Registration System › Section 1201 - Departmental responsibilities

§ 1201. Departmental responsibilities.
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 the return of completed voter registration applications from the Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Welfare, armed forces recruitment centers, Offices of the Clerk of Orphan's Court and all other offices under this part to the secretary or the appropriate commission.
(3) Develop, establish, implement and administer a Statewide Uniform Registry of Electors in accordance with Subchapter B (relating to Statewide Uniform Registry of Electors (SURE)).
(4) Promulgate regulations necessary to administer this part.
References
in Text.
The Department of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Department of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 12 - Registration System › Section 1206 - Unexpended balance; source of funds

§ 1206. Unexpended balance; source of funds.
(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, and the former act of April 29, 1937 (P.L.487, No.115), known as The Permanent Registration Act for Cities of the Second Class, Cities of the Second Class A, Cities of the Third Class, Boroughs, Towns, and Townships, are transferred to and made available for commissions under this part.
(b) Source of funds.--
A commission may accept and use in the performance of its duties funds received from the Federal Government, the Commonwealth or any other source.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 12 - Registration System › Section 1207 - Open records and documents

§ 1207. Open records and documents.
(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 appeals.
(5) Witness lists.
(6) Accounts and contracts.
(7) Reports.
(b) Use.--
Open material under subsection (a) may be inspected during ordinary business hours subject to the efficient operation of a commission. Public inspection shall only be in the presence of a commissioner or authorized commission employee and shall be subject to proper regulation for safekeeping of the material and subject to this part. Upon request, a photocopy of the record or computer-generated data record shall be provided at cost. The material may not be used for commercial or improper purposes.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 13 - Voter Registration › Section 1301 - Qualifications to register

§ 1301. Qualifications to register.
(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 individual offers to vote for at least 30 days prior to the next ensuing election and has not been confined in a penal institution for a conviction of a felony within the last five years shall be eligible to register as provided in this chapter.
(b) Effect.--
No individual shall be permitted to vote at any election unless the individual is registered under this subsection, except as provided by law or by order of a court of common pleas. No registered elector shall be required to register again for any election while the elector continues to reside at the same address.
(c) Removal of residence.--
Except as otherwise provided by this part, a registered elector who removes residence from one place to another outside the elector's last election district shall not be entitled to vote in the election district of the elector's last residence except pursuant to the provisions of this section and sections 1501(b) (relating to removal notices), 1502 (relating to transfer of registration) and 1902 (relating to procedure for voting following failure to return notification card).
Cross References.
Section 1301 is referred to in sections 1302, 1321 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 13 - Voter Registration › Section 1321 - Methods of voter registration

§ 1321. Methods of voter registration.
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 application).
(3) Under section 1324 (relating to application by mail).
(4) Under section 1325 (relating to government agencies).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 13 - Voter Registration › Section 1322 - In-person voter registration

§ 1322. In-person voter registration.
(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 by the commission. The applicant shall be advised that any intentional false statement on the application constitutes perjury and will be punishable as such. The applicant shall provide the information required on the registration application and sign the registration declaration. The commission shall prepare and provide voter registration applications for the purpose of registering qualified electors in accordance with this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the commission may use a mail registration application for in-person registration. The commission shall mail the qualified elector an identification card in accordance with section 1328 (relating to approval of registration applications).
(b) Notice.--
The commission shall, within a reasonable time, publicly announce the address of each place of registration, the address of each office of the commission established for the registration of qualified electors other than its main office and the days and hours when the place or office is open for the registration of qualified electors. The announcement shall be made by posting notice at the place or office and at the commission's main office and by other means as the commission deems advisable.
(c) Polls.--
The election board of each county shall cause any polling place to be open, in proper order for use, as a place of registration on each day when the polling place is desired by the commission or required by the provisions of this part for use as a place of registration. The appropriating authority of the county shall provide for the payment of rentals for such polling places and other places of registration.
(d) Schools.--
The board of public education or the board of school directors shall furnish suitable space in any public school building under its jurisdiction or control and shall cause the space to be open and in proper order for use as a place of registration on each day when the space is desired by the commission for use as a place of registration in accordance with the provisions of this part. Use under this subsection may not interfere with school instruction.
(e) Municipal buildings.--
The proper authority in the county or municipality shall furnish suitable space in a building under its jurisdiction or control and shall cause the space to be open and in proper order for use as a place of registration on each day when the space is desired by the commission for use as a place of registration. Use under this subsection may not interfere with the use for which the space is primarily designed.
Cross References.
Section 1322 is referred to in sections 1321, 1406 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 13 - Voter Registration › Section 1324 - Application by mail

§ 1324. Application by mail.
(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 representative to the commission on an official mail registration application, the form of which shall be determined and prescribed by the secretary or the Federal Election Commission pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-31, 42 U.S.C. § 1973gg et seq.). The applicant must complete the information required on the registration application and sign the registration declaration.
(b) Time.--
Registration under this section may be made at any time. If a registration application is received by a commission beyond the deadline for registration provided in section 1326 (relating to time), the application shall be retained by the commission until the beginning of the next period during which registration can be made.
(c) Military electors.--
(1) A military elector may apply at any time for registration on an official registration application or any form prescribed by the Federal Government for such purpose.
(2) The status of a military elector to register under this section with respect to residence shall remain as the same home residence status from which the military elector is qualified to register. If, at the time of leaving that home address, the military elector had not resided in this Commonwealth or in a particular election district for a sufficient time to have been entitled to be registered but, by continued residence, would have become entitled to be registered, the military elector shall be entitled to be registered at the time the military elector would have been entitled to register had the military elector not left that home address but continued to reside there.
(3) The commission is authorized to consider a request for an absentee ballot as a request for an official registration application and to forward to the requester all of the following:
(i) An absentee ballot and balloting material.
(ii) An official registration application.
(4) The military elector must complete and file these documents in accordance with the applicable provisions of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code.
(5) The right to be registered pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject to challenge for any reason other than failure to have furnished the commission a properly completed registration application.
References in Text.
Section 1326, which is referred to in this section, is repealed.
Cross References.
Section 1324 is referred to in sections 1321, 1327, 1406, 1503 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 13 - Voter Registration › Section 1328.1 - SURE registration number

§ 1328.1. SURE registration number.
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 not be changed, modified or altered.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 13 - Voter Registration › Section 1329 - Challenges

§ 1329. Challenges.
(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 secretary containing the following information:
(1) Name of challenged individual.
(2) Address of challenged individual.
(3) Name of complainant.
(4) Address of complainant.
(5) Date of affidavit.
(6) Reason for challenge.
(c) Response.--
An individual who is challenged must respond to the challenge affidavit as set forth in subsection (b) in a written statement sworn or affirmed by the individual. The challenged individual must produce such other evidence as may be required to satisfy the registrar or commissioner as to the individual's qualifications as a qualified elector.
(d) Resolution.--
If the challenged individual establishes to the satisfaction of the commission the right to be registered as required by this part, the challenged individual shall be registered. If the challenged individual does not establish to the satisfaction of the commission the right to be registered as provided in this part, the challenged individual's registration, if any, shall be canceled, and the commission shall promptly update information contained in its registration records.
Cross References.
Section 1329 is referred to in section 1328 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 14 - Records › Section 1403 - Street lists

§ 1403. Street lists.
(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 or electronic signature of a registered elector. The list shall be arranged in one of the following manners:
(1) By streets and house numbers.
(2) Alphabetically by last name of each registered elector.
(3) In a manner whereby the location of the elector's residence can be identified.
(b) Copies.--
The commission shall retain two copies of the list under subsection (a) on file at its office and forward one copy of the list under subsection (a) to the department. These copies shall be available for public inspection during business hours, subject to reasonable safeguards and regulations.
(c) Distribution.--
The department and each commission shall distribute the list under subsection (a) upon request as follows:
(1) To officials concerned with the conduct of elections.
(2) To political parties and political bodies.
(3) To candidates.
(d) Organizations.--
The commission may, for a reasonable fee, distribute the list under subsection (a) to organized bodies of citizens.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 14 - Records › Section 1404 - Public information lists

§ 1404. Public information lists.
(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 history. Upon request, the commission shall supply a printed record for each such elector subject to the provisions of this part. In addition, the commission may make available for inspection a printed or computerized public information list containing the name, address, date of birth and voting history of each registered elector in the county.
(2) The list may also include information on voting districts.
(3) The list may not contain the digitized or electronic signature or SURE registration number of the registered elector.
(b) Access.--
(1) The secretary may promulgate reasonable regulations governing access to the list.
(2) No individual inspecting the list may tamper with or alter it.
(3) No individual who inspects the list or who acquires names of registered electors from the list may use information contained in the list for purposes unrelated to elections, political activities or law enforcement. Before inspecting the list or obtaining names of registered electors or other information from the list, the individual must provide identification to the public official having custody of the public information list and must state in writing that any information obtained from the list will not be used for purposes unrelated to elections, political activities or law enforcement.
(c) Copies.--
(1) The commission shall provide paper copies of the public information lists and may provide copies in some other form to any registered elector in this Commonwealth within ten days of receiving a written request accompanied by payment of the cost of reproduction and postage. The cost of the copies shall be determined by the office providing copies.
(2) An individual who inspects or acquires a copy of a public information list may not use any information contained in it for purposes unrelated to elections, political activities or law enforcement.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 14 - Records › Section 1405 - Retention of records

§ 1405. Retention of records.
(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 inspection and, where available, photocopying at a reasonable cost all records concerning the implementation of programs and activities conducted for the purposes of ensuring the accuracy and currency of official lists of registered electors except to the extent that the records relate to a declination to register to vote or to the identity of a voter registration agency through which any particular qualified elector is registered.
(2) The records preserved under paragraph (1) shall include lists of the names and addresses of all electors to whom notices described in section 1501 (relating to removal notices) are sent and information concerning whether or not the individual has responded to the notice as of the date that inspection of the record is made.
(c) Original and existing records.--
After a commission is connected to the SURE system, the registration cards and applications utilized under this part, under the act of June 30, 1995 (P.L.170, No.25), known as the Pennsylvania Voter Registration Act, under the former act of March 30, 1937 (P.L.115, No.40), known as The First Class City Permanent Registration Act, or under the former act of April 29, 1937 (P.L.487, No.115), known as The Permanent Registration Act for Cities of the Second Class, Cities of the Second Class A, Cities of the Third Class, Boroughs, Towns, and Townships, shall be placed in alphabetical order by last name of the registered elector, indexed and kept at the office of the commission in a manner as to be properly safeguarded. They may not be removed from the office of the commission except upon order of a court of record. The commission shall safely retain all registration cards used in the registration of registered electors in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 14 - Records › Section 1406 - Reports

§ 1406. Reports.
(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 (relating to application by mail) and 1325 (relating to government agencies). The report shall specify the number of electors whose registration has been canceled under Chapter 15 (relating to changes in records) and any other information required by the secretary.
(b) Secretary.--
The secretary shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly by June 30 assessing the impact of this part on the administration of elections during the preceding year and including recommendations for improvements to procedures, forms and other matters affected by this part.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 15 - Changes in Records › Extra - Chapter Notes

Enactment.
Chapter 15 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3, effective in 45 days.
Cross References.
Chapter 15 is referred to in sections 1302, 1402, 1406 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 25 - ELECTIONS › Chapter 15 - Changes in Records › Section 1502 - Transfer of registration

§ 1502. Transfer of registration.
(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 appears on file with the commission.
(2) If the signature appears authentic, the commission shall enter the change of residence on the registered elector's registration records.
(3) If a request for transfer which is determined to be authentic under paragraph (2) shows a removal within the period of 30 days preceding an election, the commission, after such election, shall enter the change of residence on the registered elector's registration record. The commission shall advise the registered elector promptly in writing of its action.
(4) When a registered elector has filed with a commission a notice that the elector has moved from the county to another county, if the signature appears authentic the commission shall enter the change of residence on the elector's registration records, cancel the registration of the elector and notify the commission of the elector's new county of residence to register the elector. Upon receipt of the transfer notice, the commission of the elector's new county of residence shall immediately process the transfer of the elector in accordance with section 1328 (relating to approval of registration applications).
(5) If a request for transfer which is determined to be authentic under paragraph (4) shows a removal within the period of 30 days preceding an election, the commission, after such election, shall enter the change of residence on the elector's registration records, cancel the registration of the elector and notify the commission of the elector's new county of residence to register the elector. Upon receipt of the transfer notice, the commission of the elector's new county of residence shall immediately process the transfer of the elector in accordance with section 1328.
(6) A commission shall promptly update information contained in its registration records.
(b) Electors unable to write.--
A registered elector who is unable to sign the notification document may affix a mark to the notification document. The mark must be affixed in the presence of a witness who must sign the notification document.
Cross References.
Section 1502 is referred to in sections 1301, 1501 of this title.