Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 7331 – Procedure in case of failure to elect electors
If upon examining the certificates of the boards of canvass it shall appear to the Governor that there has been a failure to choose 1 or more of the electors of a President and Vice President of the United States to be appointed in this State or, if from any cause such electors shall fail to be chosen, the Governor shall immediately issue writs for convening the General Assembly, at Dover, on the fourth Monday of the same November, and the elector or electors to be appointed in this State for the election of a President and Vice President of the United States and not chosen at the general election shall be appointed by ballot by the General Assembly so convened in joint meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Code 1852, § ?404; Code 1915, § ?1861; Code 1935, § ?1980; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?7331; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 82 Del. Laws, c. 141, § 16;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 7331
- 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
- Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
- 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
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302