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Senior Primaries

I would like to introduce legislation. I'm writing it right here, right now...

This legislation - the addition of one word, would enable Seniors to be registered to vote and participate in the primary of their high school year whether they are 17 or 18 when April or May rolls around. This would also allow for higher turnover registration from General election to General election, as the day after each general election, a full year's worth of student's would be eligible to vote for the coming year.

Currently, If you turn 18 on or before an election, you may register now. For example, If you were born on May 17, 1987 or before, you may now register to vote in the 2005 Municipal Primary.

In 2004, this change below would have enabled the first-time 18-year old voters who turned 18 between this year's April Primary and the November Election to participate in the primary. It would also, in my opinion, make it easier for people like me to tell young'uns to register to vote NOW for the next "big" election, without the primary getting in the way.

This also makes it fairer for third party and independent registrations, who shouldn't be tied to primary schedules.

If this were enacted, instead of May 17, 1987 being able to register now and vote in the primary on that day, students born on or before November 8, 1987 could register now - and vote in May's primary if they choose a major party, or sign a third party petition.

The High School Senior Registration 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," further providing for the definition of 

    12     "qualified elector." 

    13     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    14  hereby enacts as follows:

    15     Section 6.  Section 501(a) of the act, amended June 25, 2001

    16  (P.L.674, No.61), is amended to read:

    17  Section 501.  Qualifications to register.

    18     (a)  Eligibility.--A qualified elector who will be at least 18

    19  years of age on the day of the next GENERAL election, 

    20  who has been a citizen of the United States for at least one month

    21  prior to the next election and who has resided in this Commonwealth

    22  and the election district where the qualified elector offers to vote

    23  for at least 30 days prior to the next ensuing election and has not

    24  been confined in a penal institution for a conviction of a felony

    25  within the last five years shall be entitled to be registered as

    26  provided in this chapter. If an individual is qualified to vote in

    27  an election district prior to removal of residence, the individual

    28  may, if a resident of this Commonwealth, vote in the election

    29  district from which residence was removed within the 30 days

    30  preceding the election.


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