§ 5903. Verification of specifications.
§ 5903. Verification of specifications. Every specification shall be verified by affidavit of the party delivering the same, stating that the party verily believes that the grounds of objection set forth are substantially true, and that the voters specified as illegal voters were not entitled by law to vote at the election in question. Code […]
§ 5904. Delivery of notice and specification to presiding officer of Senate or House.
§ 5904. Delivery of notice and specification to presiding officer of Senate or House. Copies of the notice and specifications verified as provided in § 5903 of this title shall be delivered to the Speaker or President, as the case may be, of the house having cognizance of the matter. The contestant shall deliver the […]
§ 5905. Inquiry restricted to grounds specified.
§ 5905. Inquiry restricted to grounds specified. In the trial of the case of a contested election, the parties shall be restricted to the grounds of objection in the specifications set forth and shall not examine into the illegality of any votes other than those specified as illegal nor impeach such votes for any causes […]
§ 5906. Costs when sitting member unseated.
§ 5906. Costs when sitting member unseated. If the house having cognizance of the matter determines that the sitting member is not entitled to that sitting member’s own seat, it may order that the costs incurred by such contested election be paid by the State. Code 1852, § 432; Code 1915, § 1898; Code 1935, […]
§ 5907. Costs when sitting member is not unseated.
§ 5907. Costs when sitting member is not unseated. The house in determining against the claim of the contestant may also decide that the proceeding on the contestant’s part is frivolous and vexatious and may order that the contestant shall pay all the costs of the contested election, but without such order the contestant shall […]
§ 5908. Execution when costs are to be paid by contestant.
§ 5908. Execution when costs are to be paid by contestant. Any order for the payment of costs by the contestant shall be enforced by a writ issued by the Speaker or President, as the case may be, of the house in which such election was contested to the Sheriff of Kent County, directing the […]
§ 5614A. Envelopes in general; approval by Attorney General [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6].
§ 5614A. Envelopes in general; approval by Attorney General [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. The Attorney General shall personally approve each kind or type of envelope for use under this chapter. The Department may not purchase, use, have printed upon, mail, or deliver any envelope for use […]
§ 5615A. Challenges [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6].
§ 5615A. Challenges [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. (a) A mail ballot may be challenged for any of the following: (1) The same causes and in the same manner as provided in this title for other voters. (2) That the statement in the center of the face […]
§ 5616A. Rejected ballots [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6].
§ 5616A. Rejected ballots [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. (a) No vote shall be accepted or counted if any of the following occurs: (1) The signature of the voter that appears on the front of the ballot envelope is found to have been altered or the ballot […]
§ 5617A. Validity of a voter’s mail ballot for wrong district [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6].
§ 5617A. Validity of a voter’s mail ballot for wrong district [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. If a voter marks and returns a mail ballot for an election district other than the 1 in which the voter is a resident and a duly registered elector, such ballot […]