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
1 Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
2 "An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
3 special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
4 primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
5 and defining membership of county boards of elections;
6 imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
7 courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
8 imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
9 revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
10 repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
11 elections," in electronic voting systems, further providing
12 for statistical sample.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 1117-A of act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
16 No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended to
17 read:
18 Section 1117-A. Statistical Sample.--The following shall
19 apply:
20 (1) The county board of elections, as part of the
21 computation and canvass of returns, shall conduct a statistical
22 recount of a random sample of ballots after each election using
23 manual, mechanical or electronic devices of a type different
1 than those used for the specific election. The sample shall
2 include at least two (2) per centum of the votes cast or two
3 thousand (2,000) votes whichever is the lesser.
4 (2) Each county board of elections shall randomly select
5 three precincts during each general, primary or municipal
6 election and require a hand count of all the ballots in the
7 selected precinct.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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