Delaware Code
Chapter 55. ABSENTEE VOTING
§ 5507. Voting procedure; execution of statement; return of ballot.

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

Delaware Code

Title 15 - Elections

Chapter 55. ABSENTEE VOTING

§ 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.

§ 5504. Distribution of ballots, envelopes, and instructions; envelope specifications; pre-paid postage.

§ 5505. Requirements for ballot envelope; numbering and coding; voter identification label; statement of eligibility.

§ 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.

§ 5513. Challenges.

§ 5514. Rejected ballots.

§ 5515. Validity of absentee voter's ballot for wrong district.

§ 5517. File of absentee voters.

§ 5518. Members of the armed forces and certain other electors; 1 absentee request to cover all elections; federal post card application (FPCA); electronic transmission of balloting materials.

§ 5520. Special write-in absentee ballot; procedures; qualifications.

§ 5521. Federal write-in absentee ballot; acceptance; combined request for registration and ballot submission.

§ 5522. Duties of Department of Elections; political balance of absentee judges; security.

§ 5523. Logic and accuracy testing of absentee ballot tabulating equipment; authority of the State Election Commissioner.

§ 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.

§ 5527. Authority to implement provisions of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act.