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     § 1102.  Definitions.
        Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
     provisions of this part which are applicable to specific
     provisions of this part, the following words and phrases when
     used in this part shall have the meanings given to them in this
     section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
        "Applicant."  An individual who applies to be registered to
     vote as provided for in this part.
        "Calendar year."  The period commencing January 1 and ending
     December 31 next following.
        "Commission."  A registration commission established under
     section 1203 (relating to commissions).
        "Commissioner."  A member of a commission.
        "County."  A county of this Commonwealth. The term includes a
     county within which is located a city of the first class or with
     which a city of the first class is coextensive.
        "County election board."  The board of elections of a county.
        "Department."  The Department of State of the Commonwealth.
        "District."  An election district or precinct of a
     municipality.
        "District register."  The list of registered electors
     prepared by the commission under section 1402 (relating to
     district registers).
        "Election."  A general, special, municipal or primary
     election.
        "General election."  The election which the Constitution of
     Pennsylvania requires to be held in even-numbered years.
        "General register."  The list of registered electors prepared
     by the commission under section 1401 (relating to general
     register).
        "In military service."  Serving in the uniformed services as
     defined in section 102 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949
     (Public Law 81-350, 63 Stat. 801) or serving in the Pennsylvania
     National Guard.
        "Members of the United States merchant marine."  Any of the
     following:
            (1)  Individuals employed as officers or members of crews
        of vessels documented under the law of the United States or
        of vessels owned by the United States or of vessels of
        foreign-flag registry under charter to or control of the
        United States. This paragraph does not include individuals in
        military service.
            (2)  Individuals enrolled with the United States for
        employment or for training for employment or maintained by
        the United States for emergency relief service as officers or
        members of crews of vessels referred to in paragraph (1). The
        term does not include individuals in military service or
        individuals employed or enrolled for employment or for
        training for employment or maintained for emergency relief on
        the Great Lakes or the inland waterways.
        "Military elector."  Any of the following:
            (1)  An individual in military service and the
        individual's spouse and dependents.
            (2)  An individual in the merchant marine and the
        individual's spouse and dependents.
            (3)  An individual in a religious or welfare group
        officially attached to and serving with the armed forces of
        the United States and the individual's spouse and dependents.
            (4)  An individual who is a civilian employee of the
        United States outside the territorial limits of the United
        States, whether or not the individual is subject to the civil
        service laws and whether or not the individual is paid from
        funds appropriated by Congress, and the individual's spouse
        and dependents.
        "Municipal election."  The election which the Constitution of
     Pennsylvania requires to be held in odd-numbered years.
        "Municipality."  A city, borough, town or township.
        "November election."  Either the general or the municipal
     election, or both, according to the context.
        "Overseas citizen."  An individual who resides outside the
     territorial limits of the United States and who, but for such
     residence, would be a qualified elector. The term does not
     include a military elector.
        "Party."  Any of the following:
            (1)  A party or political body, one of whose candidates
        at the general election immediately preceding the primary:
                (i)  polled, in each of at least ten counties, at
            least 2% of the largest entire vote cast in the county
            for any elected candidate; and
                (ii)  polled a total vote in this Commonwealth equal
            to at least 2% of the largest entire vote cast in this
            Commonwealth for any elected candidate.
            (2)  A party or political body, one of whose candidates
        at either the general or municipal election preceding the
        primary polled at least 5% of the largest entire vote cast
        for any elected candidate in any county.
        "Person authorized to administer oaths."  The term includes
     an individual who is a commissioned officer in military service
     or a member of the United States merchant marine designated for
     this purpose by the United States Secretary of Commerce.
        "Person in military service."  The term shall mean a
     qualified elector who is by enlistment, enrollment or draft in
     actual military service.
        "Political body."  A political body not recognized as a
     political party which has filed proper nomination papers as
     required by law.
        "Primary election."  An election for the nomination of
     candidates.
        "Public office."  Any Federal, State or political
     subdivision, office or position of employment requiring the
     individual elected or appointed to render public service for a
     fixed fee or compensation. The term does not include the office
     of notary public or commissioner of deeds.
        "Qualified elector."  An applicant who possesses all of the
     qualifications for voting prescribed by the Constitution of
     Pennsylvania and the laws of this Commonwealth or who, being
     otherwise qualified by continued residence in the election
     district, obtains such qualifications before the next ensuing
     election. The term does not include a military elector.
        "Registrant" or "registered elector."  A qualified elector
     who is registered to vote in accordance with this part.
        "Registration card."  A registration record containing all
     information required on the registration application, including
     the elector's signature, and suitable space for the insertion by
     the appropriate official of the following information:
            (1)  The ward and election district of residence.
            (2)  The registrant's street address.
            (3)  Data required to be given upon removal from the
        registrant's residence.
            (4)  The date of each election at which the registrant
        votes.
            (5)  The number and letter of the stub of the ballot
        issued to the registrant or the registrant's number in the
        order of admission to the voting machines.
            (6)  The initials of the election officer who enters the
        record of voting in the district register.
            (7)  Whether the registrant needs assistance to vote and,
        if so, the nature of the disability.
        "Registration records."  The general register, district
     register and any other record of registration maintained by a
     commission. The term includes any record maintained by the
     commission on the Statewide Uniform Registry of Electors.
        "Secretary."  The Secretary of the Commonwealth.
        "Statewide Uniform Registry of Electors" or "SURE system."
     The integrated voter registration system of all registered
     electors in this Commonwealth established by Subchapter B of
     Chapter 12 (relating to Statewide Uniform Registry of Electors
     (SURE)).

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