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Home » US Law » 2022 Delaware Code » Title 15 - Elections » Part IV » General Elections » Chapter 55. ABSENTEE VOTING » § 5515. Validity of absentee voter’s ballot for wrong district.
§ 5515. Validity of absentee voter’s ballot for wrong district.

If an absentee voter marks and returns an absentee ballot for an election district other than the 1 of which the absentee voter is a resident and a duly registered elector, such ballot, because thereof, shall not be adjudged invalid, but, as indicated by the marking of the ballot by the voter, shall be counted as a vote for every candidate appearing thereon who is a candidate for an office to be duly voted for in the election district.

44 Del. Laws, c. 118, § 17;  15 Del. C. 1953, § 5519;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 149, § 1;