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Delaware Statutes § 5509 Procedure on receipt of ballot envelope by department

⤴ Up to Chapter 55: Absentee Voting

Statute Text

(a) Upon receipt of a ballot envelope the [department] Department , or a person authorized by the [department] Department , shall:
(1) Ascertain the names of each elector as they appear on the face of each ballot envelope;
(2) Ascertain from the information on the ballot envelope the election district with whose votes the ballot within it shall be tallied; and
(3) Place the ballot envelope in a secure location until such time as it is opened and the ballot within it is counted.
(b) No member of the [department] Department (the director or any other person) shall open or attempt to open the ballot envelope, or change or alter or attempt to change or alter the ballot envelope, or any writing, printing or anything whatsoever thereon.

History

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

44 Del. Laws, c. 118, § 10; 45 Del. Laws, c. 155, § 9; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 5512; 57 Del. Laws, c. 567, § 48; 58 Del. Laws, c. 148, §§ 130, 131; 60 Del. Laws, c. 414, §§ 19, 20; 68 Del. Laws, c. 301, §7; 75 Del. Laws, c. 149 , § 1 ; 75 Del. Laws, c. 427 , §§ 8 , 9 ; 77 Del. Laws, c. 227 , § 1 .;

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