§ 5703. Vote required for election.
§ 5703. Vote required for election. In all elections, unless it be otherwise expressly provided, a plurality or the highest number of votes shall make a choice, except where this principle is defeated by 2 or more persons having the same and the highest number of votes for the same office. Code 1852, § 300; […]
§ 5704. Votes for President and Vice-President as votes for their electors.
§ 5704. Votes for President and Vice-President as votes for their electors. The Court shall calculate the votes given for the candidates for President and Vice-President of a political party as votes given for each and all the electors of President and Vice-President of such party, the names of whom are on file with the […]
§ 5705. Certificates of the results of the election; number required.
§ 5705. Certificates of the results of the election; number required. (a) After the state of the election has been ascertained by calculating the votes, the Court shall make, under the seal of the Court, the certificates of the results of the election as provided in this section and §§ 5706 and 5707 of this […]
§ 5706. Form of certificates.
§ 5706. Form of certificates. (a) The certificates of the Court of the results of the election in its county may be according to the following form: The State of Delaware, ________________________________ County, ss. Be it Remembered, that at the general election held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in the […]
§ 5707. Enclosing certificates in envelopes.
§ 5707. Enclosing certificates in envelopes. The Court shall enclose and seal up each certificate separately in an envelope, with an endorsement thereon describing the certificate enclosed. Upon the paper enclosing the certificates of the election of Senator or Representative in the General Assembly the name of the person chosen shall be endorsed. 21 Del. […]
§ 5708. Tie vote; certificate.
§ 5708. Tie vote; certificate. If, by reason of an equal number of votes having been cast for 2 or more persons for the office of Senator or Representative in the General Assembly, clerk of the peace, register of wills, recorder, levy court commissioner, receiver of taxes and county treasurer, sheriff, county executive or county […]