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Failure to vote - 25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1510

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     § 1510.  Failure to vote.
        (a)  Check of electors.--By April 1 of each year except in a
     year in which the commission conducts a check of electors under
     section 1506(c) (relating to checkup of registers), the
     commission shall examine all of the district registers.
        (b)  Suspension.--A qualified elector who has been registered
     for a period of at least two immediately preceding calendar
     years but who is not recorded as having voted at an election
     during that period is subject to suspension of registration in
     accordance with the following procedure:
            (1)  If a registered elector who has been registered for
        a period of at least two immediately preceding calendar years
        is not recorded as having voted at an election during that
        period, the commission shall send to the registered elector
        by mail, at the address appearing upon the registration card,
        a notice setting forth that the records of the commission
        indicate that the registered elector has not voted during the
        two immediately preceding calendar years and that the
        registered elector's registration will be canceled at the
        expiration of 30 days from the date of mailing the notice
        unless the registered elector, within that period, files with
        the commission either personally or by mail a written request
        for reinstatement of registration or a removal notice
        properly executed setting forth the registered elector's
        place of residence and signed by the registered elector.
            (2)  Within 30 days from the date of mailing of the
        notice under paragraph (1), the registered elector must file
        with the commission either personally or by mail a written
        request for reinstatement of registration or a properly
        executed removal notice which sets forth the registered
        elector's place of residence and which is signed by the
        registered elector. The official registration application
        card of a registered elector who has registered by mail
        qualifies as a request for reinstatement of registration or a
        removal notice under this paragraph.
            (3)  Within 30 days from the date of mailing of the
        notice under paragraph (1), the commission shall cancel the
        registration of a registered elector who has not complied
        with paragraph (2).
        (c)  Effect.--Cancellation of registration under this section
     shall not affect the right of a qualified elector to
     subsequently register in the manner provided by this part.

        Cross References.  Section 1510 is referred to in section
     1513 of this title.

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