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Delaware Regulations § 200-4.0 Processing Absentee Ballots Returned to the Department

⤴ Up to New Castle County Board of Elections

Regulation Text

4.1 In accordance with Chapter 55, voters may return Absentee Ballots mailed to them by mail, in person or by a person designated by the absentee voter.
4.2 The team handling returned ballots shall:
4.2.1 Remove Ballot Envelopes from the Mailing Envelopes and attach by paper clip to the Ballot Envelope any material other than the Ballot Envelope that is in the Mailing Envelope;
4.2.2 Time stamp the back of each returned Ballot Envelope;
4.2.3 Attach a Post-it Note (or equivalent product) noting any Ballot Envelope discrepancy to the front of the Ballot Envelope;
4.2.4 Attempt to notify the voter by phone or email of the problem(s) and of the action that the voter can take to correct the problem;
4.2.5 Record the return of each Ballot Envelope in accordance with Department procedures; and
4.2.6 File each returned ballot alphabetically by Election District in the appropriate container.