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Delaware Statutes § 4975 Removing the results from the voting device or devices and dispatching the voted paper ballots in a secured container and the media containing the election results to the department

⤴ Up to Subchapter III: Counting Votes and Post-Election Regulations

Statute Text

(a)
(1) After the polls have closed and the last voter has finished voting and exited the polling place, the inspector shall [verify that each voting machine has been deactivated.] close and secure each voting device as instructed and complete the required documentation. [The election officers shall then copy the protective counter number from each voting machine assigned to the election district onto section 3 of each of the voting machine certificate or certificates.]
(2) After the polls have closed, the election officers shall produce a report of the write-in votes.
(b) After the polls have [been closed on a voting machine, the officers shall remove the paper tape containing the results and the memory cartridge from the voting machine.] closed, the election officers shall remove the ballot container and the media containing the election results from each voting device and deliver them to the Department as instructed.
(c) [After the memory cartridge or cartridges have been removed from each voting machine assigned to the election district, the inspector shall place said memory cartridge or cartridges into the envelope designated for the memory cartridge or cartridges and seal the envelope. The inspector shall give the envelope to the election officer assigned to deliver the memory cartridge or cartridges to the zone reporting station. The inspector shall then enter the date and time in section 2 of each of the voting machine certificates and direct the said election officer to sign section 2 of each of the voting machine certificates. The inspector shall then dispatch the said election officer with the envelope containing the memory cartridge or cartridges to the zone reporting station listed on the envelope containing the memory cartridge or cartridges. The election officer assigned to take the memory cartridge or cartridges to the zone reporting station shall depart the polling place immediately and go directly to the zone reporting station listed on the envelope containing the memory cartridge or cartridges. Upon arriving at the said zone reporting station, the said election officer shall give the envelope to a designated representative of the State Election Commissioner.] [Repealed.]
(d) [After the election officer assigned to deliver the memory cartridge or cartridges to the zone reporting station has departed the polling place, each remaining election officer shall sign each copy of every paper tape removed from a voting machine assigned to the election district.] [Repealed.]
(e) [After every copy of every paper tape has been signed, the inspector will separate the copies of each tape by cutting at the "cut here" line. The first copy of each paper tape (the copy with the zero count certification) shall be placed into the Prothonotary envelope and the first extra copy of each tape shall be placed into the Department of Elections envelope.] [Repealed.]

History

Amended by Laws 2019 , ch. 170 , s 26 , eff. 7/30/2019 .

21 Del. Laws, c. 38, § 22; Code 1915, § 1776; Code 1935, § 1865; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 4977; 49 Del. Laws, c. 294, § 19; 58 Del. Laws, c. 148, § 94; 70 Del. Laws, c. 506 , § 9 ; 77 Del. Laws, c. 227 , §§ 2 , 63 .;

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