Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 49111. How borough and school district matters are placed on the ballots

Petitions to have the names of candidates placed on the primary ballots used in any such district for ward, borough, and school district officers shall be filed with the county commissioners of the county wherein the borough is situated, or in a case of consolidation of boroughs, the county commissioners of the county in which is situated the borough having the largest population at the time of such consolidation, and it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of said county, within three days after the last day for filing such petitions, to certify to the county commissioners of the county wherein the land is actually situated a list of the ward, borough, and school district offices to be filled, and the names of all the candidates for the same, and all questions to be printed on the ballots relating exclusively to borough or school district bonds or other borough or school district matters.  The county commissioners of the county where the land is actually situated shall prepare the primary ballots for all such districts as though this information and the said petition of candidates for ward, borough, and school district offices had been filed originally in their office.  All nomination papers for ward, borough, and school district offices within such district shall be filed in the office of the county commissioners of the county wherein is situated the borough to which such land has been annexed, or which contained the largest population at the time of consolidation.  Within three days after the last day for filing nomination papers for ward, borough, and school district offices, the county commissioners of the county wherein is situated the borough to which such land has been annexed, or in case of a consolidation of boroughs, the county commissioners of the county in which resided, at the time of consolidation, a majority of the inhabitants, shall certify to the county commissioners of the county wherein such land is actually situated a list of all ward, borough, and school district offices to be filled at the next election, together with the names of all candidates for the same who were nominated at the preceding primary or whose names were placed in nomination by nomination papers, and all questions to be printed on the ballots relating exclusively to borough or school district bonds or other borough or school district matters.

The county commissioners of the county wherein the land is actually situated shall print the ballots for all such districts as though this information had been filed originally in their office.