Checkup of registers - 25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1506

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     § 1506.  Checkup of registers.
        (a)  General rule.--At any time prior to the 30th day
     preceding an election, a commission may mail to any qualified
     elector whose name appears in any district register a notice
     setting forth the elector's name and address as it appears in
     the register and requesting the elector in case of any error to
     present the notice within ten days at the office of the
     commission to have the error corrected and warning that any
     discrepancy between the qualified elector's actual name and
     address and his name and address as recorded in the original
     register will constitute ground for challenging the elector's
     vote. The notice shall contain on the outside "Do not forward,
     return to board of elections" and a request of the postal
     service to return it within five days if it cannot be delivered
     to the addressee at the address given.
        (b)  Checkup by postal service.--At any time prior to the
     30th day preceding an election, the commission may cause a
     checkup to be made by the postal service of any qualified
     elector whose name appears in any district register.
        (c)  Quadrennial checkups.--At least once in each four years
     the commission may conduct a checkup of each registered elector
     by either of the methods provided for in subsections (a) and
     (b).
        (d)  Failure to deliver notice.--Upon the return by the
     postal service of any notice which it has been unable to deliver
     at the given address because the addressee cannot be found there
     or upon report by the postal service that any registered elector
     does not reside at the address given on the registration card,
     the commission shall do one of the following:
            (1)  Direct an authorized employee to visit in person the
        address of the qualified elector and, if the employee finds
        that the qualified elector does not reside at the address, to
        leave at the address the notice prescribed by subsection (e).
            (2)  Mail to the registered elector at the address given
        on the registration card the notice prescribed by subsection
        (e). The notice shall be sent as first class mail and shall
        contain on the outside a request to the postmaster to forward
        it if the addressee does not reside at the address given
        thereon.
        (e)  Communication with commission.--The notice stipulated by
     subsection (d) shall require the registered elector to
     communicate with the commission by a date designated by the
     commission, which shall be not less than ten days nor more than
     30 days from the service or mailing of the notice and in any
     case not later than the 15th day preceding an election, and
     satisfy the commission of qualifications as a qualified elector.
     At the expiration of the time specified in the notice, the
     commission shall cancel the registration of a person who has not
     communicated with the commission and proved qualifications as a
     qualified elector, except that, if a registered elector who has
     been mailed the notice prescribed by this subsection
     communicates with the commission claiming the right to remain
     registered at the address to which the original notice was
     mailed, the commission shall investigate and, if not satisfied
     of the right of the registered elector to remain registered at
     the address, shall cancel the registration of the elector. Every
     elector whose registration is canceled under this section must
     register in the manner provided by this part in order to be
     eligible to vote at any election.
        (f)  Elector in military service.--The registration of a
     person in military service shall not be canceled by reason of
     the failure of the person to reside at the address appearing
     upon the district register if the person resided at the address
     on the date of entering military service.

        Cross References.  Section 1506 is referred to in sections
     1507, 1510, 1513 of this title.

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