Delaware Statutes § 2031 Procedure for registration by mail
Statute Text
(a)
Every qualified elector who is a resident of this State and who is not registered may, as an alternative to other methods of registration, apply to the
[department of elections for the county in which the qualified elector resides]
Department
by mail, telephone or in person, for registration forms. Within 3 days, the
[department]
Department
shall mail the required forms and a set of instructions to the applicant.
(b)
If a person applies for registration by mail for someone other than himself or herself, that person shall give the name and address of such person and shall sign an appropriate form declaring that the person is requesting such registration forms be mailed to the applicant.
(c)
The
[department]
Department
shall perform the same duties in regard to these registration forms as it is required to do with other applications for voter registration.
(d)
The
[departments of elections]
Department
shall accept any voter registration application, application for an absentee ballot, or any federal write-in absentee ballot promulgated in accordance with federal law as an application to register to vote. The Department
[s]
shall process these applications as
[they]
it
would any other application submitted in accordance with this title.
History
Amended by Laws 2013 , ch. 275 , s 35 , eff. 7/1/2015 .
60 Del. Laws, c. 392, § 2; 67 Del. Laws, c. 354, §18; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186 , § 1 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 188 , §§ 15 , 16 ; 74 Del. Laws, c. 411, § 15; 75 Del. Laws, c. 232 , §§ 24 , 25 .;
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