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 must 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 elector’s election district.

83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 1;

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 5617A

  • 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
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