Delaware Code
Chapter 55. ABSENTEE VOTING
§ 5505. Requirements for ballot envelope; numbering and coding; voter identification label; statement of eligibility.

(a) The Department shall provide to each elector to whom it sends an absentee ballot an envelope which shall be:

(1) A color other than white;
(2) Large enough to hold a completed ballot; and
(3) Designed to protect its contents from tampering, removal or substitution without detection.
(b) Upon each envelope provided pursuant to this section shall appear:

(1) The words “BALLOT ENVELOPE”;
(2) An alphanumeric symbol and/or barcode for use in accounting for the absentee ballot;
(3) Identification information for the elector receiving the absentee ballot, including:

(4) The following oath:

“I do solemnly swear (affirm) that to the best of my knowledge I am eligible to vote in the State of Delaware and that my voting address is as it appears on the label on this envelope. I also do solemnly swear (affirm) under penalty of perjury that I have not received or accepted, or offered to receive or accept, any money or other item of value as compensation, inducement or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at this election, nor that I am acting under duress or threat of duress or harm.”
(5) If the voter is voting under the provisions of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Voting Act [52 U.S.C. § 20301 et seq.], the oath shall be as provided by that act as amended.
(6) The voter's signature.

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