THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, M. O'BRIEN, MILLER, SWANGER, BROWN, PAYTON, PARKER, JOHNSON, McGEEHAN, SABATINA, W. KELLER, OLIVER, MAHER, WATERS, KIRKLAND AND WILLIAMS, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 25 (Elections) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for failure to vote.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1510 of Title 25 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 1510.  Failure to vote.

(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 been registered

for a period of at least two immediately preceding calendar

years but who is not recorded as having voted at an election

during that period [is subject to suspension of registration in

accordance with the following procedure:

(1)  If a registered elector who has been registered for

a period of at least two immediately preceding calendar years

is not recorded as having voted at an election during that

period, the commission shall send to the registered elector

by mail, at the address appearing upon the registration card,

a notice setting forth that the records of the commission

indicate that the registered elector has not voted during the

two immediately preceding calendar years and that the

registered elector's registration will be canceled at the

expiration of 30 days from the date of mailing the notice

unless the registered elector, within that period, files with

the commission either personally or by mail a written request

for reinstatement of registration or a removal notice

properly executed setting forth the registered elector's

place of residence and signed by the registered elector.

(2)  Within 30 days from the date of mailing of the

notice under paragraph (1), the registered elector must file

with the commission either personally or by mail a written

request for reinstatement of registration or a properly

executed removal notice which sets forth the registered

elector's place of residence and which is signed by the

registered elector. The official registration application

card of a registered elector who has registered by mail

qualifies as a request for reinstatement of registration or a

removal notice under this paragraph.

(3)  Within 30 days from the date of mailing of the

notice under paragraph (1), the commission shall cancel the

registration of a registered elector who has not complied

with paragraph (2)] shall have his registration canceled.

(c)  Effect.--Cancellation of registration under this section

shall not affect the right of a qualified elector to

subsequently register in the manner provided by this part.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.