§ 7708. What nominations shall be effective.
§ 7708. What nominations shall be effective. No nominations shall be effective except those of the 7 candidates from New Castle County in favor of ratification, the 7 candidates from New Castle County against ratification and the 7 candidates from New Castle County not committed to either ratification or rejection of the proposed amendment, the […]
§ 7709. What nominations shall be effective
§ 7709. What nominations shall be effective38 Del. Laws, c. 5, § 8; Code 1935, § 6213; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 7709; 61 Del. Laws, c. 480, § 23; repealed by 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § 102, eff. July 1, 2015.;
§ 7579. Preparing absentee ballots to be counted.
§ 7579. Preparing absentee ballots to be counted. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board of election of any municipality may open absentee ballot envelopes in a public meeting in order to prepare them to be counted. Such meeting shall take place, upon proper notice, at any time between 8: 00 a.m. of […]
§ 7580. Carrier envelope specifications; carrier envelopes as ballot boxes.
§ 7580. Carrier envelope specifications; carrier envelopes as ballot boxes. (a) The municipality shall purchase envelopes to be used as carrier envelopes, which shall be security mailing envelopes, designed to securely protect the contents thereof from tampering, removal, or substitution without detection and shall be large enough to accommodate multiple absentee ballots cast in the […]
§ 7581. Challenges.
§ 7581. Challenges. (a) The ballot of any elector choosing to vote by absentee ballot may be challenged for the same causes and in the same manner as provided in this title for other voters. (b) In addition, the vote of an absentee voter may be challenged: (1) On the ground that the statement filed […]
§ 7582. Rejected ballots.
§ 7582. Rejected ballots. (a) No vote shall be accepted or counted if: (1) The statement of the absentee voter that appears on the front of the ballot envelope is found to have been altered or is not signed; or (2) The absentee voter is not a duly qualified elector entitled to vote in the […]
§ 7583. Validity of absentee voter’s ballot for wrong municipal election district.
§ 7583. Validity of absentee voter’s ballot for wrong municipal election district. If an absentee voter marks and returns an absentee ballot for a municipal election district other than the 1 of which the absentee voter is a duly registered elector, such ballot, because thereof, shall not be adjudged invalid, but, as indicated by the […]
§ 7584. Procedure if requests or ballots sent to wrong official; absentee ballots received by election officers.
§ 7584. Procedure if requests or ballots sent to wrong official; absentee ballots received by election officers. If any request for an absentee ballot and accompanying envelopes, or any marked ballot of any such elector are addressed to and returned to any official other than the proper official of the municipality where the elector is […]
§ 7585. File of absentee voters.
§ 7585. File of absentee voters. (a) The municipality shall maintain records providing for the prevention of fraud and to make possible the tracing and detection of any attempt to do so. Such records shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following entries: (1) The name of elector; (2) The address at which […]
§ 7701. Date of election of delegates; proclamation.
§ 7701. Date of election of delegates; proclamation. Whenever the Congress of the United States proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States and proposes that the same shall be valid when ratified by conventions in three fourths of the several States, the Governor of this State shall fix by proclamation the date […]