(a) (1) After the polls have closed and the last voter has finished voting and exited the polling place, the inspector shall close and secure each voting device as instructed and complete the required documentation.

(2) After the polls have closed, the election officers shall produce a report of the write-in votes.

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 4975

  • 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
  • Election officers: means the inspector of election, the 2 judges of election and the clerks of election who are appointed for each election district under § 4702 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
  • Inspector: means inspector of elections. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101

(b) After the polls have closed, the election officers shall remove the ballot container and the media containing the election results from each voting device and deliver them to the Department as instructed.

(c)-(e) [Repealed.]

21 Del. Laws, c. 38, § ?22; Code 1915, § ?1776; Code 1935, § ?1865; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?4977; 49 Del. Laws, c. 294, § ?19; 58 Del. Laws, c. 148, § ?94; 70 Del. Laws, c. 506, § ?9; 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, §§ ?2, 63; 82 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 26;