Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 3161 v2 – Voting procedure
(a) The voting procedure at any primary election shall be the same as at any general election, except that the officers shall first determine from the voter’s original permanent registration record whether the voter’s party affiliation is the same as the party holding the primary election, and, if they are not the same, the voter shall not be permitted to vote in the primary election.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 3161 v2
- 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
- Primary election: means an election at which voters registered as members of a major political party may vote to determine the nominees of that political party for the general election. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- Registration record: means a voter's registration record maintained in the State's Election Management System, the list or file of registered voters sent to each election district for use by election officers on the day of the election, and until determined obsolete, it also applies to a voter's record maintained in the county master file. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, if a qualified unaffiliated voter who is registered to vote for the first time pursuant to § 2050A of this title appears at a primary election and indicates the intent to enroll in the party holding the primary election, such voter shall be enrolled immediately in that party and be permitted to cast a regular ballot for the primary election.
20 Del. Laws, c. 393, § ?20; 22 Del. Laws, c. 285, § ?3; 27 Del. Laws, c. 66, § ?1; Code 1915, § ?1694; 40 Del. Laws, c. 142, § ?8; Code 1935, § ?1782; 45 Del. Laws, c. 150, § ?7; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?3161; 50 Del. Laws, c. 426, § ?5; 51 Del. Laws, c. 107, § ?5; 57 Del. Laws, c. 567, § ?23; 83 Del. Laws, c. 71, § 3;