25 Pa. Stat. § 2780.1

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 2780.1 - Affidavits of candidates

Each candidate for any State, county, city, borough, incorporated town, township, school district or poor district office, or for the office of United States Senator or Representative in Congress, selected as provided in section 630 of this act, shall file with the nomination certificate an affidavit stating--

(a) his residence, with street and number, if any, and his post-office address;
(b) his election district, giving city, borough, town or township;
(c) the name of the office for which he consents to be a candidate;
(d) that he is eligible for such office;
(e) that he will not knowingly violate any provision of this act, or of any law regulating and limiting election expenses and prohibiting corrupt practices in connection therewith;
(f) unless he is a candidate for judge of a court of common pleas, the Philadelphia Municipal Court or for the office of school board in a district where that office is elective or for the office of justice of the peace, that he is not a candidate for the same office of any party or political body other than the one designated in such certificate;
(g) that he is aware of the provisions of section 1626 of this act requiring election and post-election reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures; and
(h) that he is not a candidate for an office which he already holds, the term of which is not set to expire in the same year as the office subject to the affidavit.

25 P.S. § 2780.1

Amended by P.L. TBD 2019 No. 77, § 3, eff. 10/31/2019.
1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, No. 320, art. VI, § 630.1, added 1985, April 18, P.L. 5, No. 4, § 1, imd. effective. Amended 1986, Feb. 19, P.L. 29, No. 11, § 5, imd. effective; 1998, Feb. 13, P.L. 72, No. 18, § 6, imd. effective; 2006, May 11, P.L. 178, No. 45, § 8, effective 7/1/2006.