(a) After the registration officer delivers the registration records to the Department following each registration day, the Department shall first check the record by the registration number of the registration records to ascertain whether all the records supplied have been returned to the Department. If the Department is satisfied that all records have been returned, it shall file and retain the records for not less than 1 year. If all the records have not been returned, the Department shall notify the Attorney General, who may take appropriate action.

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 2013

  • 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
  • Registration officers: means the registrar, assistant registrar and alternate registrars appointed by the Department as defined in this section. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
  • Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302

(b) The Department shall then take the applications for registration which have been completed, and signed or marked by the applicant and the registration officers, and examine them for completeness, legibility and eligibility. If the Department is satisfied that the application is complete and legible and that the applicant’s name does not appear on the list of disqualified voters and that the applicant is qualified to be registered, the Department shall take the necessary steps to add the person to the list of registered voters.

(c) [Repealed.]

15 Del. C. 1953, § ?1729; 50 Del. Laws, c. 169, § ?19; 57 Del. Laws, c. 181, § ?36; 67 Del. Laws, c. 354, §§ ?8-12; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 74 Del. Laws, c. 411, §§ ?9-12; 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § ?24; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § ?31;