Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 5509 – Procedure on receipt of ballot envelope by Department
(a) Upon receipt of a ballot envelope the Department, or a person authorized by the Department, shall:
(1) Ascertain the names of each elector as they appear on the face of each ballot envelope;
(2) Ascertain from the information on the ballot envelope the election district with whose votes the ballot within it shall be tallied; and
(3) Place the ballot envelope in a secure location until such time as it is opened and the ballot within it is counted.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 5509
- 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) No member of the Department (the director or any other person) shall open or attempt to open the ballot envelope, or change or alter or attempt to change or alter the ballot envelope, or any writing, printing or anything whatsoever thereon.
44 Del. Laws, c. 118, § ?10; 45 Del. Laws, c. 155, § ?9; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?5512; 57 Del. Laws, c. 567, § ?48; 58 Del. Laws, c. 148, §§ ?130, 131; 60 Del. Laws, c. 414, §§ ?19, 20; 68 Del. Laws, c. 301, § ?7; 75 Del. Laws, c. 149, § ?1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 427, §§ ?8, 9; 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § ?1; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § ?89;