Section 2780 - Number, form and requirements of nomination certificatesEach political party shall be entitled to nominate and to file nomination certificates for as many candidates as will be voted for at such special election. Every nomination certificate for a special election to be held under the provisions of this article shall be in form prescribed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and shall set forth the following:
(a) The office and district, if any, for which it is filed;(b) The cause of the vacancy;(c) The rule or rules of the political party, setting forth the provisions applicable to the nomination of a candidate or candidates to fill said vacancy;(d) That a quorum of the committee, caucus or convention as provided by the party rules, duly convened, and the names of those present at said meeting, or their proxies; that said persons are the duly appointed or elected members of said committee, caucus or convention;(e) The name, residence and occupation of the candidate duly nominated at said meeting. Every such certificate of nomination shall be signed by the presiding officer and the secretary or secretaries of the committees, caucus or convention, and shall be sworn or affirmed to by them before any officer qualified to administer oaths.
1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, art. VI, § 630. Amended 1949, May 23, P.L. 1656, § 3.