Pennsylvania § 3514 - Election notices.

§ 3514. Election notices.

(a) Preparation of notice.--At least 90 days before an election other than a special election and as soon as practicable before a special election, the county election board in each jurisdiction participating in the election shall prepare an election notice for that jurisdiction to be used in conjunction with a Federal write-in absentee ballot. The election notice shall contain all of the following:

(1) A list of all of the ballot measures and Federal, Commonwealth and local offices which, as of the date of the notice, the county election board expects to be on the ballot on the date of the election.

(2) Specific instructions for how a covered voter is to indicate on the Federal write-in absentee ballot the voter's choice for each office to be filled and for each ballot measure to be contested.

(b) Request for notice.--A covered voter may request a copy of an election notice prepared under subsection (a). The county election board shall send the notice to the covered voter by facsimile, e-mail, over the Internet or by regular mail as the voter requests.

(c) Updated notices.--The county election board shall update the notice prepared under subsection (a) with the names of the candidates for each office and the specific information about ballot questions promptly upon becoming aware of the existence of the candidates and ballot questions and shall make the updated notice publicly available.

(d) Availability of notice.--A county election board that maintains a publicly accessible Internet website shall make the election notice prepared under subsection (a) and updated versions of the election notice available on the Internet website.

Applicability. Section 2(2) of Act 189 of 2012 provided that section 3514 shall apply to elections following a date to be determined by the Department of State. Once determined, the department shall publish the date in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and post it on the department's publicly accessible Internet website.