Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 5005A – Printing of ballots; distribution of ballots
(a) [Repealed.]
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 5005A
- Ballot: means those portions of cardboard, paper or other material to be placed within the ballot frames of a voting machine or to be used for absentee voting in order to list the names of the offices to be voted for, the name of each candidate and the designation of the party by which the candidate is nominated, a space for the voter to write in the name of any candidate of that voter's choice for any office, and the statement of any question submitted with provision for a "yes" or "no" vote. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- Department: means the State Department of Elections, consisting of the State Board of Elections and such staff as the Board shall appoint under this title, but shall not include the State Election Commissioner. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- political party: means any political organization which elects a state committee and officers of a state committee, by a state convention composed of delegates elected from each representative district in which the party has registered members, and which nominates candidates for electors of President and Vice-President, or nominates candidates for offices to be decided at the general election. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
(b) (1) The party emblem which has been duly adopted by a party in accordance with law and the party name or other designation for each political party represented on the device must appear on the ballot.
(2) The titles of offices may be arranged horizontally, with the names of candidates for an office arranged vertically under the title of the office, or the titles of offices may be arranged vertically, with the names of candidates for an office arranged horizontally opposite the title of the office, each office to occupy as many columns or rows on the voting device as the number of candidates to be elected to that office.
(3) Except as otherwise provided under this chapter, the names of all candidates nominated by a party for an office must always appear in the row or column containing generally the names of candidates nominated by the party for other offices.
(c) Official ballots for voting devices shall be prepared and furnished by the Department in the same manner as provided by law.
(d) Nothing in this section shall preclude the use of an electronic device where the ballot is electronically generated and displayed or which has the capability to generate and display multiple ballots.
63 Del. Laws, c. 409, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 154, §§ ?8-11; 74 Del. Laws, c. 168, § ?13; 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § ?68; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § ?83; 82 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 37;