Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 3306 – Supplemental certificates of nomination
(a) Whenever it shall be determined, subsequent to the dates specified in §§ 3301 and 3303 of this title, that a duly nominated candidate will be unable to serve if elected because of death, physical, mental or other incapacity, the state, county or city (if a municipality holds its election at the time of the general election) committee shall convene within 24 hours of said determination to authorize the filing of a supplemental certificate of nomination for a substitute candidate, or to decline to issue such a certificate. However, in the case of the death of a candidate, said committee may convene within a reasonable period of time sufficient to have the new candidate’s name placed on the ballot, but in no case later than 5 days from the date of death.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 3306
- 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
- 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) Such certificate, if issued, shall be delivered to the officer or officers to whom the original certificate was submitted no later than 12:00 noon of the day following that meeting at which the certificate was authorized. However, if said meeting shall occur within 5 days of the day of election, the certificate shall be delivered immediately.
19 Del. Laws, c. 37, § ?4; 27 Del. Laws, c. 65, § ?4; Code 1915, § ?1722; Code 1935, § ?1811; 43 Del. Laws, c. 129, § ?1; 44 Del. Laws, c. 119, § ?1; 47 Del. Laws, c. 274, § ?1; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?3306; 60 Del. Laws, c. 412, § ?2; 79 Del. Laws, c. 232, § ?3;