(a) Any person who qualifies for an absentee ballot pursuant to § 5502(1), (2) or (7) of this title, and who has requested the same, shall qualify for an absentee ballot in all elections conducted under the provisions of this title during the period from receipt of the application following the last general election and through December 31 of the year following the last general election. Additionally, if a person states the duration of his or her absence from the State, their federal post card application (FPCA) shall be valid for that period.
(b) The receipt of a federal post card application from any person eligible to use the FPCA for an absentee ballot who is not registered to vote in Delaware but is eligible to register to vote in Delaware shall serve as an application to register to vote as well as a request and statement for an absentee ballot.
(c) The Department may send and receive absentee ballot applications, FPCAs, absentee ballots and federal write-in absentee ballots by electronic transmission.
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.