Section 55501 - Eligibility(a) Only a registered elector of a township may be eligible to an elective office in the township. Before being sworn into office, each elected township officer, or, except as provided under section 530, each appointed township officer in case of a vacancy in an elective office, shall present a signed affidavit to the township secretary stating that the officer resides in the township, or within the ward in the case of a ward office, from which elected or appointed and has resided in the township or ward continuously for at least one year immediately prior to the officer's election or appointment. In the case of a newly created ward in existence for less than one year at the time of a township officer's election or appointment, the affidavit shall state that the officer has resided within the township continuously for at least one year immediately prior to the officer's election or appointment and within the ward from the date of the ward's creation continuously until the officer's election or appointment.(b) If an individual elected to office, or appointed to an elective office, fails to give the required bond, take the required oath or provide a signed affidavit, a vacancy is created in the office for which the individual was elected or appointed and the vacancy shall be filled as provided in section 530.(c) No individual may hold more than one elective township office at the same time.1931, June 24, P.L. 1206, art. V, § 501. Amended 1949, May 27, P.L. 1955, § 12; 2017, July 20, P.L. 315, No. 23, § 1, effective in 60 days [Sept. 18, 2017]; 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 782, No. 96, § 22, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].