(a) The municipality shall provide to each elector to whom it sends an absentee ballot an envelope which shall be:
(1) A color other than white;
(2) Large enough to hold a completed ballot; and
(3) Designed to protect its contents from tampering, removal or substitution without detection.
(b) Upon each envelope provided pursuant to this section shall appear:
(1) The words “BALLOT ENVELOPE”;
(2) An alpha-numeric symbol and/or barcode for use in accounting for the absentee ballot;
(3) Identification information for the elector receiving the absentee ballot, including:
(4) The following oath:
“I do solemnly swear (affirm) that to the best of my knowledge I am eligible to vote in this municipal election and that the address that appears on the label on this envelope is the address at which I am qualified to vote in this municipal election. I also do solemnly swear (affirm) under penalty of perjury that I have not received or accepted, or offered to receive or accept, any money or other item of value as compensation, inducement or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at this municipal election, nor that I am acting under duress or threat of duress or harm.”
(5) The voter's signature.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 75. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
Subchapter V. Absentee Voting in Municipal Elections Except for the City of Wilmington
§ 7570. Purpose of subchapter; scope.
§ 7571. Persons eligible to vote by absentee ballot.
§ 7572. Request for ballot; statement for absentee ballots; delivery of absentee ballots.
§ 7575. Voting procedure; execution of affidavit; return of ballot.
§ 7576. Time limit for return of ballot; late ballots.
§ 7577. Procedure on receipt of ballot envelope by municipality.
§ 7578. Counting procedure for absentee ballots.
§ 7579. Preparing absentee ballots to be counted.
§ 7580. Carrier envelope specifications; carrier envelopes as ballot boxes.
§ 7583. Validity of absentee voter's ballot for wrong municipal election district.