In-person voter registration - 25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1322

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     § 1322.  In-person voter registration.
        (a)  General rule.--Applications may be submitted to register
     to vote or change party enrollment or name or address on a
     current registration record in person before the commission or a
     commissioner, a registrar or a clerk at the office of the
     commission or at a place designated by the commission. The
     applicant shall be advised that any intentional false statement
     on the application constitutes perjury and will be punishable as
     such. The applicant shall provide the information required on
     the registration application and sign the registration
     declaration. The commission shall prepare and provide voter
     registration applications for the purpose of registering
     qualified electors in accordance with this section.
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the commission
     may use a mail registration application for in-person
     registration. The commission shall mail the qualified elector an
     identification card in accordance with section 1328 (relating to
     approval of registration applications).
        (b)  Notice.--The commission shall, within a reasonable time,
     publicly announce the address of each place of registration, the
     address of each office of the commission established for the
     registration of qualified electors other than its main office
     and the days and hours when the place or office is open for the
     registration of qualified electors. The announcement shall be
     made by posting notice at the place or office and at the
     commission's main office and by other means as the commission
     deems advisable.
        (c)  Polls.--The election board of each county shall cause
     any polling place to be open, in proper order for use, as a
     place of registration on each day when the polling place is
     desired by the commission or required by the provisions of this
     part for use as a place of registration. The appropriating
     authority of the county shall provide for the payment of rentals
     for such polling places and other places of registration.
        (d)  Schools.--The board of public education or the board of
     school directors shall furnish suitable space in any public
     school building under its jurisdiction or control and shall
     cause the space to be open and in proper order for use as a
     place of registration on each day when the space is desired by
     the commission for use as a place of registration in accordance
     with the provisions of this part. Use under this subsection may
     not interfere with school instruction.
        (e)  Municipal buildings.--The proper authority in the county
     or municipality shall furnish suitable space in a building under
     its jurisdiction or control and shall cause the space to be open
     and in proper order for use as a place of registration on each
     day when the space is desired by the commission for use as a
     place of registration. Use under this subsection may not
     interfere with the use for which the space is primarily
     designed.

        Cross References.  Section 1322 is referred to in sections
     1321, 1406 of this title.

Last modified: November 27, 2007