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Delaware Statutes § 5607 Voting procedure; execution of statement; return of ballot

⤴ Up to Chapter 56: Voting by Mail

Statute Text

(a) The procedure for completing a mail ballot and returning it to the Department includes all of the following:
(1) An elector who receives a mail ballot pursuant to this chapter shall complete the ballot by marking it with the elector's selections and shall place the completed ballot in the envelope marked "BALLOT ENVELOPE."
(2) The elector shall confirm that the information about that elector on the ballot envelope is correct and then sign the self-administered oath.
(3) The elector shall then seal the ballot envelope.
(4) The elector shall return the sealed ballot envelope to the Department by any 1 of the following:
a. Depositing it, or causing it to be deposited, in a United States postal mailbox, thereby mailing it to the Department.
b. Delivering it, or causing it to be delivered, to the Department before the polls close on the day of the election.
c. Placing it, or causing it to be placed, in a secure drop-box located in the publicly accessible portion of each Department of Elections Office either before or on Election Day.
(b) Mail ballots received by the Department before Election Day may be processed and scanned but may not tabulated until Election Day.

History

Added by Laws 2019 , ch. 245 , s 3 , eff. 7/1/2020 .

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