District registers - 25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1402

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     § 1402.  District registers.
        (a)  Registration card file.--
            (1)  Except as provided in subsection (b) and in section
        1401(e) (relating to general register), the original
        registration cards shall be filed by election districts in
        exact alphabetical order by last name of the registrant and
        shall be indexed.
            (2)  The cards constitute the district register.
            (3)  The commission shall provide binders, which are
        capable of being locked, for filing and indexing the
        registration cards. The keys to the binders shall at all
        times be retained by the commission.
            (4)  The district register shall be kept at the office of
        the commission except as provided in subsection (b) and shall
        be open to public inspection, subject to reasonable
        safeguards and regulations.
        (b)  Computer lists.--
            (1)  Before a commission is connected to the SURE system,
        instead of using registration cards as the district register
        as provided in subsection (a), a commission may use a
        computer list or computer-generated cards containing the
        registered electors arranged by election district,
        alphabetically by last name of the registrant. The computer
        list or computer-generated cards must be in a form prescribed
        by the secretary and must contain necessary information that
        would otherwise be available on the registration cards,
        including a legible digitized signature of the registrant
        copied from the signature on the registration card. The
        district election officials shall have computer printouts at
        the polling places containing the necessary information
        needed to verify the identity of the elector. The digitized
        signature list shall be open to public inspection, subject to
        reasonable safeguards, rules and regulations.
            (2)  After a commission is connected to the SURE system,
        each commission shall create from its general register a
        computer list to be used as the district register. For each
        election district, the list shall contain the names of the
        registered electors of the election district, alphabetically
        by last name of each registered elector. Each page of the
        list shall contain the name of the county, the election
        district, the date of the election and the date and time the
        list was prepared. The computer list shall be in a form
        prescribed by the secretary and must contain necessary
        information that would otherwise be available in the general
        register, including a legible digitized or electronic
        signature, the street address and political party of each
        registered elector, and suitable space for insertion of the
        signature of the registered elector and for insertion by the
        proper election official of the number and letter of the stub
        of the ballot issued to the registered elector or the
        registered elector's number in the order of admission to the
        voting systems and the initials of the election official who
        enters the record of voting in the district register and
        whether the elector needs assistance to vote and, if so, the
        nature of the disability. The district register shall be kept
        at the office of the commission and shall be open to public
        inspection, subject to reasonable safeguards, rules and
        regulations.
            (3)  Before connection to the SURE system, a commission
        may, during systems conversion periods or emergency
        conditions, provide for a district register containing the
        original registration cards. The following apply:
                (i)  The original registration cards shall be filed
            by election district in one of the following orders as
            determined by the commission:
                    (A)  Exact alphabetical order by last name of
                registrant.
                    (B)  Order in which registrants' residences
                appear upon the streets of the election district, in
                exact alphabetical order by last name of registrant
                for each residence.
                (ii)  The district register containing registration
            cards shall be kept at the office of the commission and
            shall be open for public inspection, subject to
            reasonable safeguards and regulations and to the
            provisions of this part.
        (c)  Accuracy.--It is the duty of the commission to compare
     and correct the general register and district registers to
     ensure their accuracy. By noon of the third day preceding an
     election, the commission shall correct the district register for
     each election district consistent with the information contained
     in the general register.
        (d)  Delivery.--The commission shall deliver, in the manner
     required by law for delivery of election materials, the district
     register to the election officers for use on election day.
        (e)  Form.--District registers shall be enclosed within a
     case or container and shall be locked and sealed by the
     commission before delivery. The district register shall have
     printed or written thereon the words "District Register of
     Electors" and the district and ward, if any.
        (f)  Examination.--Immediately following each election, the
     commission shall cause each district register to be examined.
     The commission specifically shall compare the signature of each
     elector on each voter's certificate with his signature in the
     district register and shall report in writing to the district
     attorney any evidence or indication of probable fraud,
     impersonation or forgery which may appear to the commission by
     reason of the comparison. In the case of any elector whom the
     election officers shall have recorded as removed, deceased or
     challenged and prevented from voting, the commission shall
     ascertain the facts and shall correct the general and district
     registers in accordance with Chapter 15 (relating to changes in
     records).

        Cross References.  Section 1402 is referred to in section
     1102 of this title.

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