Delaware Statutes § 5608 Time limit for return of ballot; late ballots
Statute Text
(a)
The Department shall endorse the date and time of receipt on the ballot envelope of each mail ballot received thereby.
(b)
For a mail ballot to be counted under this chapter, an elector voting by mail 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)
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
Added by Laws 2019 , ch. 245 , s 3 , eff. 7/1/2020 .
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