Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 3181 – Primary to be held
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a presidential primary election for major political parties shall be conducted on the fourth Tuesday in April in the calendar year of a presidential election.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 3181
- political party: means any political organization which elects a state committee and officers of a state committee, by a state convention composed of delegates elected from each representative district in which the party has registered members, and which nominates candidates for electors of President and Vice-President, or nominates candidates for offices to be decided at the general election. 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
- 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
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The requirements of this subchapter shall not require a presidential primary election for a political party in any year in which such a primary election would otherwise be required under the provisions of this subchapter, if the chairperson of the political party notifies the State Election Commissioner in writing that such political party elects not to be governed by the provisions of this subchapter prior to the close of business on the earlier of the first business day in the year in which a President of the United States is to be elected or 120 days before the day of the presidential primary.
68 Del. Laws, c. 365, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 245, §§ ?1, 2; 74 Del. Laws, c. 74, § ?1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 232, § ?37; 78 Del. Laws, c. 156, § ?1; 78 Del. Laws, c. 304, § ?2;