Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1301 (2026)

Qualifications to register.

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CHAPTER 13

VOTER REGISTRATION

Subchapter

A. Qualifications

B. Procedure

Enactment. Chapter 13 was added January 31, 2002, P.L.18, No.3, effective in 45 days.

SUBCHAPTER A

QUALIFICATIONS

Sec.

1301. Qualifications to register.

1302. Residence of electors.

§ 1301. Qualifications to register.

(a) Eligibility.--An individual who will be at least 18 years of age on the day of the next election, who has been a citizen of the United States for at least one month prior to the next election and who has resided in this Commonwealth and the election district where the individual offers to vote for at least 30 days prior to the next ensuing election and has not been confined in a penal institution for a conviction of a felony within the last five years shall be eligible to register as provided in this chapter.

(b) Effect.--No individual shall be permitted to vote at any election unless the individual is registered under this subsection, except as provided by law or by order of a court of common pleas. No registered elector shall be required to register again for any election while the elector continues to reside at the same address.

(c) Removal of residence.--Except as otherwise provided by this part, a registered elector who removes residence from one place to another outside the elector's last election district shall not be entitled to vote in the election district of the elector's last residence except pursuant to the provisions of this section and sections 1501(b) (relating to removal notices), 1502 (relating to transfer of registration) and 1902 (relating to procedure for voting following failure to return notification card).

Cross References. Section 1301 is referred to in sections 1302, 1321 of this title.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 2022–2025 · leading case: Pennsylvania State Conf. of NAACP Branches v. Northampton Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 97 F.4th 120 (3rd Cir. 2024).

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Pennsylvania State Conf. of NAACP Branches v. Northampton Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 97 F.4th 120 (3rd Cir. 2024). · cites it 5× “25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1301 ; 25 Pa. Stat. and Cons.”

Linda Migliori v. Lehigh Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 36 F.4th 153 (3rd Cir. 2022). · cites it 2× “3 See 25 Pa. Cons. Stat. §§ 1301 (a), 2811, 3150.”

In re: Canvass of Provis. Ballots Appeal of Walsh (Pa. 2024). · cites it 2× “]” 25 Pa.C.S. § 1301(b) (emphasis (continued…) [J-59-2024] - 18 lawfully vote in two places in the same election, where, as here, his residence changed “within thirty days preceding the election,” he was “entitled to vote” in his old district.”

Ritter v. Migliori (2022). “See 25 Pa. Cons. Stat. §1301 (2002). Other requirements must be met in order for a mail-in ballot to be counted.”

Pennsylvania State Conf. of the Naacp v. Schmidt (W.D. Pa. 2023). “at | 40, citing 25 Pa. C.S. § 1301. After the application is submitted, the County Board of Elections confirms the applicant’s qualifications and eligibility.”

D. McLinko v. Com., DOS & Al Schmidt, Sec'y of State (OGC) (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2025). “25 Pa.C.S. § 1301. “Upon receiving a voter registration application,” Section 1328(a)(2) requires the county voter registration commission to “[e]xamine the application to determine all of the following: (i) Whether the application is complete.”

— 25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1301(a) — 1 case

Pennsylvania State Conf. of NAACP Branches v. Northampton Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 97 F.4th 120 (3rd Cir. 2024). “25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1301 ; 25 Pa. Stat. and Cons.”

— 25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1301(b) — 1 case

In re: Canvass of Provis. Ballots Appeal of Walsh (Pa. 2024). “]” 25 Pa.C.S. § 1301(b) (emphasis (continued…) [J-59-2024] - 18 lawfully vote in two places in the same election, where, as here, his residence changed “within thirty days preceding the election,” he was “entitled to vote” in his old district.”

— 25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1301(c) — 1 case

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