Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 7572 – Request for ballot; statement for absentee ballots; delivery of …
(a) An elector desiring to vote by absentee ballot in an election for which the elector is a qualified elector may request an absentee ballot from the municipality where the elector is qualified to vote by filing a written statement with the municipality no later than 12:00 noon the day before the election.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 7572
- 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
- Signature: means both a written signature conforming to § 302(23) of Title 1 and a digital or electronic signature that is an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document as specified by the State Election Commissioner. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- 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
(b) A statement may be filed pursuant to this section by mailing it, delivering it, or causing it to be delivered to the municipality where the elector is qualified to vote.
(c) Statements filed pursuant to this section shall:
(1) Indicate the election or elections for which the elector is requesting an absentee ballot;
(2) Include at least the following information:
a. The elector’s name;
b. The address within the municipality at which the elector establishes eligibility to vote;
c. The address to which the elector requests that the absentee ballot be mailed;
d. The elector’s date of birth;
e. The elector’s expected location on election day;
f. The reason that the elector cannot appear at the regular polling place on the day of the election which reason shall be any of the reasons listed in § 7571 of this title.
g. A telephone number, if available, to assist in resolving any challenge;
h. An e-mail address, if available, to assist in resolving any challenge; and
i. The elector’s signature;
(3) Be subscribed and sworn to by the elector.
(d) [Repealed.]
(e) The State Election Commissioner shall create an absentee statement template that municipalities shall use in creating their own absentee statement by adding additional reasons that a person may vote by absentee ballot. The State Election Commissioner shall also designate envelopes and create a set of instructions for voters casting their votes by absentee ballot that municipalities may use to comply with the provisions of this subchapter.
(f) The municipality may adopt a printed or electronic statement form (or both), containing blanks associated with each item required by this section to be listed on a statement, which may be completed by any elector wishing to receive an absentee ballot pursuant to this section. An elector may submit a written or electronic request to the municipality for the municipality prepared statement form, which the municipality shall forward to the elector upon receipt of a request therefore.
76 Del. Laws, c. 52, § ?2; 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § ?2; 81 Del. Laws, c. 419, § 1;