Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 2031 – Procedure for registration by mail
(a) Every qualified elector who is a resident of this State and who is not registered may, as an alternative to other methods of registration, apply to the Department by mail, telephone or in person, for registration forms. Within 3 days, the Department shall mail the required forms and a set of instructions to the applicant.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 2031
- 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
- 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) If a person applies for registration by mail for someone other than himself or herself, that person shall give the name and address of such person and shall sign an appropriate form declaring that the person is requesting such registration forms be mailed to the applicant.
(c) The Department shall perform the same duties in regard to these registration forms as it is required to do with other applications for voter registration.
(d) The Department shall accept any voter registration application, application for an absentee ballot, or any federal write-in absentee ballot promulgated in accordance with federal law as an application to register to vote. The Department shall process these applications as it would any other application submitted in accordance with this title.
60 Del. Laws, c. 392, § ?2; 67 Del. Laws, c. 354, § ?18; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 188, §§ ?15, 16; 74 Del. Laws, c. 411, § ?15; 75 Del. Laws, c. 232, §§ ?24, 25; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § ?35;