(a) Upon receipt of a ballot envelope the Department, or a person authorized by the Department, shall:
(1) Ascertain the names of each elector as they appear on the face of each ballot envelope;
(2) Ascertain from the information on the ballot envelope the election district with whose votes the ballot within it shall be tallied; and
(3) Place the ballot envelope in a secure location until such time as it is opened and the ballot within it is counted.
(b) No member of the Department (the director or any other person) shall open or attempt to open the ballot envelope, or change or alter or attempt to change or alter the ballot envelope, or any writing, printing or anything whatsoever thereon.
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.