(a) The ballot of any elector choosing to vote by absentee ballot may be challenged for the same causes and in the same manner as provided in this title for other voters.
(b) In addition, the vote of an absentee voter may be challenged:
(1) On the ground that the statement filed by the voter in compliance with § 5503 of this title is false; or
(2) On the ground that the statement in the center of the face of the ballot envelope is not signed.
(c) If a challenge is made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, an absentee judge shall return the ballot to its ballot envelope, shall mark the ballot envelope as “CHALLENGED,” and shall set the envelope aside in a secure location for consideration at a later time as provided elsewhere in this title. If a challenge is made pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, an absentee judge shall mark the ballot envelope as “CHALLENGED” and shall set it aside in a secure location for consideration at a later time as provided elsewhere in this title.
(d) All challenges to absentee ballots voted in a particular election district must be resolved before the counting of votes in that election district may be considered complete. Any challenge not resolved by the absentee judges within a reasonable time of the challenge having been made shall be referred for resolution to the county director and deputy county director of the Department in the county where such election district is located.
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.