Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 5504 – Distribution of ballots, envelopes, and instructions; envelope …
(a) Upon receipt of a statement from an elector pursuant to § 5503 of this title, the Department shall process the same and confirm that the elector qualifies for an absentee ballot pursuant to § 5502 of this title.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 5504
- 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
(b) Not more than 60 nor less than 4 days prior to an election, and within 3 days after the absentee ballots, envelopes, and instructions therefore become available, the Department shall mail, to each elector who requests and qualifies for an absentee ballot pursuant to § 5502 of this title, the following:
(1) An absentee ballot for the election district in which the elector resides;
(2) Instructions for completing the absentee ballot and returning it to the Department, marked “INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING AND RETURNING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT”; and
(3) An envelope marked “BALLOT ENVELOPE,” which shall be:
a. Of the type known as a security mailing envelope, designed to securely protect the contents thereof from tampering, removal, or substitution without detection;
b. Large enough to carry the ballot envelope containing the completed absentee ballot; and
c. Addressed for return to the Department.
(c) Postage for all mailings made pursuant to this subsection shall be pre-paid by the Department.
(d) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the issuance of an absentee ballot to those lawfully entitled thereto when the request is made less than 4 days prior to the election.
44 Del. Laws, c. 118, §§ ?4, 7; 45 Del. Laws, Sp. Sess., c. 5,, § ?2; 45 Del. Laws, c. 155, §§ ?3, 6; 46 Del. Laws, c. 181, § ?1; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?5506; 60 Del. Laws, c. 414, § ?14; 63 Del. Laws, c. 455, § ?3; 75 Del. Laws, c. 149, § ?1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 427, §§ ?1, 2; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § ?87; 81 Del. Laws, c. 106, § 2;