The procedure for completing an absentee ballot and returning it to the Department is as follows:
(1) An elector who receives an absentee ballot pursuant to 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.
(3) The elector shall then seal the ballot envelope.
(4) The elector shall return the sealed ballot envelope to the Department by:
a. Depositing it in a United States postal mailbox, thereby mailing it to the Department; or
b. Delivering it, or causing it to be delivered, to the Department before the polls close on the day of 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.