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Delaware Statutes § 5508 Time limit for return of ballot; late ballots

⤴ Up to Chapter 55: Absentee Voting

Statute Text

(a) [Each department] The Department shall endorse the date and time of receipt on the ballot envelope of each absentee ballot received [by the department] thereby .
(b) For an absentee ballot to be counted [pursuant to] under this chapter, an elector voting by absentee ballot shall return the elector marked ballot to the Department office of the county in which the voter resides before the polls close on the day of the election.
(c) [Each] [department] The Department shall retain unopened any ballot envelope it receives after the polls close on the day of the election until the last day of February next after the election, or longer if directed by proper authority or required to do so by federal law.

History

Amended by Laws 2019 , ch. 170 , s 45 , eff. 7/30/2019 .

Amended by Laws 2013 , ch. 275 , s 89 , eff. 7/1/2015 .

44 Del. Laws, c. 118, § 11; 45 Del. Laws, c. 155, § 10; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 5511; 49 Del. Laws, c. 278, § 8; 50 Del. Laws, c. 173, § 3; 52 Del. Laws, c. 92, §§ 1, 2; 58 Del. Laws, c. 148, § 129; 68 Del. Laws, c. 301, §6; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186 , § 1 ; 75 Del. Laws, c. 149 , § 1 ; 75 Del. Laws, c. 427 , § 7 .;

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