Pennsylvania Statutes Title 25 P.S. Elections & Electoral Districts § 2624. Voting Standards Development Board

(1) The Secretary of the Commonwealth or his designee.

(2) Two county directors of election appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, one of whom shall be from a county in which votes are cast on paper ballots.

(3) One county director of elections appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, who shall be from a county in which votes are cast on punch card voting systems.

(4) Two county directors of election appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be from a county in which votes are cast on direct recording electronic voting systems.

(5) One county director of elections appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be from a county in which votes are cast on optical scan voting systems.

(h)(1) The board shall have the power and duty to develop uniform and nondiscriminatory standards that define what constitutes a valid vote cast through a paper ballot and what constitutes a valid vote through each type of electronic voting system used in the Commonwealth. On or before July 1, 2003, the board shall adopt standards for paper ballots and each type of electronic voting system. The department shall cause these standards to be published as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

(2) The standards adopted by the board and published by the Department of State in the Pennsylvania Bulletin Volume 33 Number 31 on August 2, 2003, shall have the force and effect of law until such time as a category of voting system, other than the paper ballot or electronic voting system as defined in section 1101-A,  1 is approved by the secretary for use in this Commonwealth under section 201(b). 2 The secretary shall publish the approval as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.