Signed by Governor Tom Wolf

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires the Department of State to publish a report on the 2020 presidential primary.

Highlights:

• Requires the Pennsylvania Department of State to, no later than 60 days after the 2020 general primary election, issue a report on the election results to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the State Government Committee of the Senate and of the House of Representatives (Sec. 1).

• Requires that a copy of the aforementioned report also be made available on the Department of State’s publicly accessible website (Sec. 1).

• Requires the election report to document all of the following information relating to the 2020 general primary election, including, but not limited to (Sec. 1):

• For each county, the number of applications for an absentee ballot which were received and subsequently approved by the county board of elections;

• For each county, the number of mail-in-ballot applications which were received by the county board of elections and subsequently approved;

• For each county, the number of applications for absentee ballots voted by the electors;

• For each county, the number of qualified electors voting by provisional ballot; 

• For each county, the number of applications for an absentee ballot by an individual not registered as an elector at the time of the application;

• For each county, the number of polling places located and consolidated in the county; and

• For each county, the number of absentee ballots and mail-in ballots that were challenged under the Pennsylvania Election Code.

• Specifies that this act will take effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 2).

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