Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 5608A – Voting procedure; execution of statement; return of ballot
(a) The procedure for completing a mail ballot and returning it to the Department includes all of the following:
(1) An elector who receives a mail ballot under this chapter shall complete the ballot by marking it with the elector’s selections and shall place the completed ballot in the envelope marked “BALLOT ENVELOPE”.
(2) The elector shall confirm that the information about that elector on the ballot envelope is correct and then sign the self-administered oath and enter the elector’s state-issued driver’s license number or state-issued nondriver identification card, or the last 4 digits of the elector’s Social Security number.
(3) The elector shall then seal the ballot envelope.
(4) The elector shall return the sealed ballot envelope to the Department before the polls close on the day of the election by doing any 1 of the following:
a. Depositing it, or causing it to be deposited, in a United States postal mailbox, thereby mailing it to the Department.
b. Delivering it, or causing it to be delivered, to the Department.
c. Placing it, or causing it to be placed, in a secure drop-box located in a publicly accessible portion of each Department of Elections Office.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 5608A
- 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
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Mail ballots received by the Department before the day of the election may be processed and scanned but may not tabulated until the day of the election.