(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.
(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.
Structure Delaware Code
§ 5501. Purpose of chapter; scope.
§ 5502. Persons eligible to vote by absentee ballot.
§ 5503. Request for ballot; statements for absentee ballots; delivery of absentee ballots.
§ 5506. Instructions for completing absentee ballots.
§ 5507. Voting procedure; execution of statement; return of ballot.
§ 5508. Time limit for return of ballot; late ballots.
§ 5509. Procedure on receipt of ballot envelope by Department.
§ 5510. Counting procedure for absentee ballots.
§ 5510A. Preparing absentee ballots for tabulation.
§ 5511. Carrier envelope specifications; carrier envelopes as ballot boxes.
§ 5512. Envelopes in general; approval by Attorney General.
§ 5515. Validity of absentee voter's ballot for wrong district.
§ 5517. File of absentee voters.
§ 5520. Special write-in absentee ballot; procedures; qualifications.
§ 5522. Duties of Department of Elections; political balance of absentee judges; security.
§ 5524. Emergency authority for the State Election Commissioner.
§ 5525. Electronic delivery of absentee ballots.
§ 5526. System for voters to determine status of their absentee ballots.