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Qualifications to register - 25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1301

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                                CHAPTER 13
                            VOTER REGISTRATION

     Subchapter
       A.  Qualifications
       B.  Procedure

        Enactment.  Chapter 13 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18,
     No.3, effective in 45 days.

                               SUBCHAPTER A
                              QUALIFICATIONS

     Sec.
     1301.  Qualifications to register.
     1302.  Residence of electors.
     § 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.

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