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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 25 Pa.C.S.A. Elections § 1703. Application

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Prohibition.--An individual may not do any of the following:

(1) Apply for registration with knowledge or reason to know that the individual is not entitled to registration.

(2) Apply for a change of residence with knowledge or reason to know that the individual is not entitled to the change.

(3) Declare as residence a place or address which the individual knows is not the individual's legal residence.

(4) Intentionally impersonate another in an application for registration.

(b) Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, and to forfeit the right of suffrage for ten years.

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