§ 1.6-605. Election and Registration Commission.

 (a)  There shall be an Election and Registration Commission which shall exercise all powers and duties now or hereafter conferred on County Boards of Election and Registration Commissions by applicable State laws, including the Pennsylvania Election Code and shall have such other powers, duties and authority as are given by this Charter, by law or by ordinance of the Board. The Election and Registration Commission shall consist of three (3) members, one of whom shall be the County Executive or his or her designee and who shall serve as Chairman. In the January following the year of election of the County Executive, the Board shall appoint two (2) members for four-year terms. One member shall be from each political party chosen from a list of five (5) names submitted by the County chairmen of the political parties polling the highest and second highest percent of the votes cast for all candidates for the office of County Executive in the preceding municipal election. If the Board does not receive a list of nominees by January 31, it may proceed to appoint two (2) members, selecting one (1) from each of said parties. Vacancies shall be filled in a like manner. With the exception of the County Executive, no person shall be eligible to serve on the Election and Registration Commission if he or she holds any elective public office.

 (b)  If any member of the Election and Registration Commission shall be a candidate for any nomination or election to public office, he or she shall not act as a member of said Board. If the County Executive becomes a candidate for any nomination or election to public office or terminates his or her service the President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas shall appoint an elector of the County who is of the same political party affiliation as the County Executive to serve in his or her place on the Commission while the County Executive is a candidate.

   The provisions of this §  1.6-605 amended July 23, 1986, effective August 11, 1986. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (48680).