


                                CHAPTER 15
                            CHANGES IN RECORDS

     Sec.
     1501.  Removal notices.
     1502.  Transfer of registration.
     1503.  Change of enrollment of political party.
     1504.  Disability.
     1505.  Death of registrant.
     1506.  Checkup of registers.
     1507.  Canvass of registered electors.
     1508.  Comparison and correction of registers.
     1509.  Petition to strike off names.
     1510.  Failure to vote.
     1511.  Cancellation, removal and preservation of registration
            records.
     1512.  Correction of errors in cancellation or suspension.
     1513.  Applicability of provisions.
     1514.  Conversion of registration records.

        Enactment.  Chapter 15 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18,
     No.3, effective in 45 days.
        Cross References.  Chapter 15 is referred to in sections
     1302, 1402, 1406 of this title.
     § 1501.  Removal notices.
        (a)  Form.--
            (1)  A commission shall make removal notices available to
        electors who are registered in the county.
            (2)  The notice shall be printed upon cards suitable for
        mailing, addressed to the office of the commission. The
        notice shall provide the following information:
                (i)  The address of present residence, including
            municipality.
                (ii)  The address of last registration, including
            municipality.
                (iii)  Date of removal to present residence.
                (iv)  Signature.
            (3)  The notice shall contain a statement that the
        registered elector may, by filling out properly and signing a
        removal notice and returning it to the office of the
        commission, secure the transfer of registration effective as
        to elections at least 30 days after the date of removal into
        the new district.
            (4)  The notice shall contain a warning to the registered
        elector that the notice will not be accepted as an
        application for transfer of the elector's registration unless
        the signature thereon can be identified by the commission as
        the elector's signature as it appears on file with the
        commission.
            (5)  The notice shall contain a warning to the registered
        elector that the notice must be received by the commission
        not later than 30 days before an election. If mailed, the
        notice must be postmarked not later than the deadline for
        registration or, in the case of an illegible or missing
        postmark, received within five days of the close of
        registration.
        (b)  Use.--A registered elector who removes residence from
     one place to another within the same county must notify the
     commission by filing a removal notice under subsection (a) or a
     signed request for renewal that contains the information
     required in subsection (a) with the commission not later than
     the registration deadline before an election. If mailed, the
     notice or request must be postmarked not later than the deadline
     for registration or, in the case of an illegible or missing
     postmark, received within five days of the close of
     registration. The following apply:
            (1)  An official registration application of an elector
        who has registered by mail qualifies as a removal notice.
            (2)  A registered elector who removes residence from one
        place to another within the same county and who has not yet
        filed a removal notice with the commission shall be permitted
        to vote once at the elector's former polling place following
        removal if, at the time of signing the voter's certificate,
        the elector files with the judge of election a signed removal
        notice properly filled out. Removal notices under this
        paragraph shall be returned to the commission with the voting
        check list, and the commission shall proceed to transfer the
        registration of the elector under section 1502 (relating to
        transfer of registration) and shall promptly update
        information contained in its registration records. A
        registered elector may vote in the election district of the
        elector's former residence not more than one time following
        the elector's removal.
            (3)  A registered elector who removes residence from one
        county to another county and who is not registered to vote in
        the new county of residence shall be permitted to vote in the
        election district in the former county of residence if, at
        the time of signing the elector's certificate, the elector
        files with the judge of election a signed affirmation
        declaring the elector's new residence. A registered elector
        may vote in the election district of the elector's former
        residence not more than one time following the elector's
        removal. Affirmations made under this paragraph shall be
        returned to the commission of the elector's former county of
        residence with the voting checklist, and that commission
        shall proceed to transfer the registration of the elector
        under section 1502. Upon receipt of the transfer notice, the
        commission of the elector's new county of residence shall
        immediately process the transfer of the elector in accordance
        with section 1328 (relating to approval of registration
        applications). Both commissions shall promptly update
        information contained in their registration records.

        Cross References.  Section 1501 is referred to in sections
     1301, 1405, 1502 of this title.

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