PRINTER'S NO. 1286
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.1160
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY FINK, HAMM, KAUFFMAN, BERNSTINE, GLEIM, STAATS,
ZIMMERMAN AND ANDERSON, APRIL 7, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 7, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
"An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
and defining membership of county boards of elections;
imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
elections," in electronic voting systems, further providing
for statistical sample.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1117-A of act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended to
read:
Section 1117-A. Statistical Sample.-- The following shall
apply:
(1) The county board of elections, as part of the
computation and canvass of returns, shall conduct a statistical
recount of a random sample of ballots after each election using
manual, mechanical or electronic devices of a type different
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23 than those used for the specific election. The sample shall
include at least two (2) per centum of the votes cast or two
thousand (2,000) votes whichever is the lesser.
(2) Each county board of elections shall randomly select
three precincts during each general, primary or municipal
election and require a hand count of all the ballots in the
selected precinct.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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