Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 1076 – Voting machines; election supplies; cost
(a) School elections shall be conducted by the use of voting machines.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 1076
- Department of Elections conducting the election: means the Department of Elections in the county in which the office of the superintendent of a public school district is located and which is responsible for conducting elections in accordance with Chapters 10, 19, 20 and 21 of this title for that school district, except that public school elections in the Milford and Smyrna School Districts shall be conducted by the Department of Elections for Kent County and public school elections in the Woodbridge School District shall be conducted by the Department of Elections for Sussex County. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 1071
- Election: shall include a referendum where applicable. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 1071
- Reorganized school district: means a school district constituted and established in accordance with this chapter whether by reorganization, consolidation or division. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 1071
- School board: means the board of education of a reorganized school district. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 1071
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Department of Elections conducting the election shall cause to appear on the machines next to the appropriate selection device the following:
(1) For the election of school board members, the names of all filed candidates shall be listed alphabetically without political party designation.
(2) For consolidation, division or change of boundaries of reorganized school districts the voting machine shall briefly state the question and provide for voting for or against the proposal, with such words:
For the proposal
Against the proposal
(3) For elections conducted in accordance with Chapter 19, 20 or 21 of this title the appropriate selection language.
(c) The Department of Elections conducting the election shall supervise the setting for the machines to denote the choices indicated in subsection (b) of this section and shall in advance of the date of the election instruct the designated election officers in the proper use of the machines.
(d) The needed election supplies shall be provided by the Department of Elections conducting the election.
(e) The cost of necessary election supplies shall be paid by the Department of Elections conducting the election.
(f) Any reorganized school district shall use voting machines and the appropriate department of elections shall pay the transportation for the voting machines and other necessary charges for the use of such voting machines. While conducting an election or referendum for any public school district, the district may not charge rent or custodial fees associated with the use of its space. Sufficient heat, when needed to maintain a minimum 68 degree Fahrenheit temperature for such facilities, shall be provided for the conduct of an election or referendum. For the clarification of county department of elections’ costs relating to public school district elections, Smyrna School District and Milford School District elections will be conducted by the Kent County Department of Elections and Woodbridge School District elections will be conducted by the Sussex County Department of Elections.
(g) In case of an election for the consolidation, division or change of boundaries of a reorganized school district, all preparation for and cost of the election shall be borne by the department of elections that conducts said election or elections.
14 Del. C. 1953, § ?1076; 56 Del. Laws, c. 292, § ?6; 66 Del. Laws, c. 359, § ?3; 70 Del. Laws, c. 515, §§ ?1-4, 7, 30; 73 Del. Laws, c. 312, § ?233; 73 Del. Laws, c. 321, §§ ?1, 325; 74 Del. Laws, c. 122, §§ ?18-24;