Delaware Code
Title 15 - Elections

§ 211. County directors, deputy county directors; powers, duties, qualifications, compensation. - (a) For each county, the State Board of Elections shall...

§ 212. Office; equipment and supplies. - The Department shall occupy a suitable and convenient office in...

§ 213. Employees; duties and compensation. - (a) The Board may hire such employees as it may...

§ 214. Maps. - Repealed by 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § 9, effective...

§ 215. Expenses and compensation. - All expenses of each department, including the compensation of the...

§ 216. Notaries public. - (a) In addition to the notaries public for the respective...

§ 217. Director and deputy director of departments of elections; limitations. - No director or deputy director of any department of elections...

§ 218. Timing and dating. - It shall be the duty of each department to time...

§ 219. Political activity limited; penalty. - (a) No person, member, county director or deputy county director...

§ 220. Reports Appeals Subcommittee of the State Board of Elections. - (a) The Reports Appeals Subcommittee of the State Board of...

Chapter 3. STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER

§ 301. Appointment; term and compensation. - (a) The State Election Commissioner shall be appointed by the...

§ 302. General powers and duties of Commissioner. - The Commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: (1)...

§ 302A. Investigatory authority. - (a) In connection with his or her authority pursuant to...

§ 303. Duties upon receipt of a registration application. - (a) Upon receipt of a registration application from the Department,...

§ 304. Lists and files of registered voters. - (a) The State Election Commissioner shall deliver or cause to...

§ 305. Duplicate registrations. - At least monthly and within 10 days following the last...

§ 306. Coordination with state agencies. - The State Election Commissioner, in collaboration with the Department, shall...

§ 307. Supplying lists to political party chairs and other persons. - Repealed by 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § 18, effective...

§ 308. Political activity limited; penalty. - (a) No employee of the Office of the State Election...

Chapter 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 1101. Permanent registration system. - (a) Persons who have registered to vote in accordance with...

§ 1102. Voter registration drive standards. - (a) Persons and entities registering people to vote within the...

§ 1103. Disaster recovery and continuity of operations. - (a) If paper registration records are lost, destroyed, mutilated or...

§ 1104, 1105. Registration dates and hours in election districts; notice of registration. - Repealed by 64 Del. Laws, c. 424, § 2, effective...

Chapter 13. REGISTRATION BOOKS, SUPPLIES AND PLACES

§ 1301. Registration records — Furnished by the Commissioner. - Repealed by 60 Del. Laws, c. 414, § 2, effective...

§ 1302. Voter registration application. - (a) The State Election Commissioner, in consultation with the Departments...

§ 1303. Confidentiality of addresses. - (a) A person may petition the Superior Court for an...

§ 1304. Update of records when election district divided; procedure. - Upon splitting of an election district in accordance with this...

§ 1305. Custody of registration records; public inspection. - (a) All registration records, when not in the custody of...

§ 1306. Registration supplies. - Repealed by 75 Del. Laws, c. 232, § 12, effective...

§ 1307. Expenses. - Repealed by 70 Del. Laws, c. 188, § 8, effective...

Chapter 15. Registration Officers

§ 1501-1518. Appointment; qualifications; recommendations of political parties; terms of office; certificate of appointment; alternate registrars — appointment; powers and duties; oath of office for registration and election officers; appearance of r... - Repealed by 67 Del. Laws, c. 354, § 3, effective...

Chapter 17. REMOVAL PROCEDURES FOR REGISTRATION RECORDS

§ 1701. Qualifications for registration as qualified voter [Effective until fulfillment of 83 Del. Laws, c. 71, § 5]. - (a) Every applicant for registration shall be a qualified voter...

§ 1701. Qualifications for registration as qualified voter [Effective upon fulfillment of 83 Del. Laws, c. 71, § 5]. - (a) Every applicant for registration shall be a qualified voter...

§ 1702. Removal of names by board of elections. - (a) At any duly called meeting of the State Board...

§ 1703. Duty of officers to notify Department of facts suggesting voter disqualification. - The clerk or prothonotary of any court in this State...

§ 1704. Identification of persons who are no longer eligible to vote, establishment of an “inactive state,” cancellation of registration and provision for reregistration. - (a) The Department may use a list of persons registered...

§ 1705. Cancellation of registration of persons reported as deceased. - (a) The State's Office of Vital Statistics shall send each...

§ 1706. Motion to remove a name from registration records; procedure; entries in records as to such motion. - Repealed by 75 Del Laws, c. 232, § 15, effective...

§ 1707. Cancellation of registration due to a registrant having moved to another state. - (a) The Department shall consider notification from another state, election...

§ 1708. Correction of errors. - (a) Department personnel, upon approval of the appropriate supervisor, may...

§ 1709. Reregistration unnecessary upon change in election district boundary. - Any elector whose name appears as a registered voter in...

§ 1710. Notice of change of election district boundary. - When the boundaries of any election district have been changed,...

§ 1711. Notice by registered or certified mail. - Repealed by 75 Del Laws, c. 232, § 18, effective...

Chapter 19. REGISTRATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, RELATED ORGANIZATIONS AND CITIZENS RESIDING OUTSIDE OF THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE UNITED STATES

§ 1901. Eligibility. - (a) A Delaware citizen absent from the State, not registered...

§ 1902. Application by persons eligible to register to vote under the provisions of this chapter. - (a) A citizen and permanent resident of the State of...

§ 1903. Late registration procedures for military and overseas citizens. - A citizen who has been discharged or separated from a...

§ 1904. Special registration and other election services to uniformed service members. - (a) The Department shall upon request from the appropriate authority...

§ 1905. Law applicable. - All the provisions in this title relating to registration of...

Chapter 20. REGISTRATION OFFICERS AND MOBILE REGISTRATION; REGISTRATION BY MAIL

Subchapter I. Registration Officers

§ 2001. Appointment of registration officers; conduct of registration. - (a) The Department shall train and appoint such Department employees...

§ 2002. Appearance of registration officers for taking of oath and instruction. - Each person appointed under § 2001 of this title shall...

§ 2003. Oath of office for registration officers. - (a) Each person appointed under § 2001 of this title...

§ 2004. Certificate of appointment. - The Department shall deliver a certificate of appointment to whomsoever...

§ 2005. Request for a voter registration application. - (a) Any citizen may apply in writing, in person or...

§ 2006. Special powers of registration officers during registration. - Each of the registration officers shall, in addition to the...

Subchapter II. Procedure at Registration Place

§ 2011. Entries by registration officers. - (a) When a person appears at a registration place for...

§ 2012. Challenge for bribery; oath; effect of oath; refusal to take oath. - If upon the personal application of anyone to be registered,...

§ 2013. Duties of Department following registration. - (a) After the registration officer delivers the registration records to...

§ 2014. Notification of disposition of a person's voter registration application and procedure for handling returned mail. - (a) The Department following receipt of a voter registration application...

§ 2015. Late registration procedures for military and overseas citizens. - Repealed by 75 Del Laws, c. 232, § 23 effective...

§ 2016. Enfranchisement of citizens who have never resided in the United States. - If a United States citizen outside of the United States...

Subchapter III. Mobile Registration

§ 2022-2024. Traveling registration officers; duties; qualifications; compensation; term of office; performance of duties by traveling registration officers; appointment of traveling registration officers. - Repealed by 74 Del. Laws, c. 411, § 14, effective...

Subchapter IV. Registration by Mail

§ 2031. Procedure for registration by mail. - (a) Every qualified elector who is a resident of this...

§ 2032. Duties of department following receipt of mail registration forms. - (a) Upon receipt, all mail registration forms shall be date-stamped...

§ 2033. Special procedures for persons who register to vote by mail and have not voted in the state in an election for federal office. - (a) A person who registers to vote by mail on...

§ 2034. Rejection of mail registration. - Repealed by 70 Del. Laws, c. 188, § 18, effective...

Subchapter V. Registration Deadlines

§ 2036. Deadline to register to vote: primary and general elections. - The last date to register to vote for any presidential...

§ 2038. Registration applications received after the deadline. - Registration applications received after the deadline shall be held and...

§ 2039. Registration applications that update a registrant's record. - Notwithstanding any other provision in this title, the Department may...

Subchapter VI. Transfer of Registration; Change of Name; Change of Party Affiliation

§ 2041. Transfer of registration. - (a) Any duly registered voter in the State who has...

§ 2042. Transfer of registration upon moving from 1 county to another. - Repealed by 74 Del. Laws, c. 411, § 17, effective...

§ 2043, 2044. No transfer to be made without an application; examination under oath and registration. - Repealed by 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § 29, effective...

§ 2045. Removal of voter's records of district where voter formerly resided; notice of action taken. - Repealed by 74 Del. Laws, c. 411, § 18, effective...

§ 2046. Notice by first-class mail sufficient. - In all cases where this subchapter requires written notice to...

§ 2047. Change of address within the State. - Change of address or residence within Delaware shall not disqualify...

§ 2048. Change of name. - (a) A registered voter who has legally changed such voter's...

§ 2049. Change of party designation; procedure. - (a) Any duly registered voter may apply to change that...

Subchapter VII. Agency Based Registration

§ 2050. Registration through state agencies [Effective until fulfillment of 83 Del. Laws, c. 71, § 5]. - (a) Registration through the Division of Motor Vehicles. (1) In...

§ 2050. Registration through state agencies [Effective upon fulfillment of 83 Del. Laws, c. 71, § 5]. - (a) Registration through the Division of Motor Vehicles. (1) For...

§ 2050A. Automatic voter registration at the Division of Motor Vehicles and other agencies [Effective upon fulfillment of 83 Del. Laws, c. 71, § 5]. - (a) Each person who, in the course of business with...

§ 2051. Appointment of voter registration coordinator — Coordination among voter registration agencies, Department of Elections and Department of Technology and Information. - (a) The State Election Commissioner shall be the statewide coordinator...

§ 2052. Statistical compilations. - The Department of Elections shall collect, maintain and publish statistical...

§ 2053. Effective date; title. - The provisions of this subchapter VII shall take effect on...

Subchapter VIII. Registration by Governmental and Private Entities

§ 2060. Application. - Governmental and private entities may apply to the State Election...

§ 2061. Training. - The State Election Commissioner shall develop a program for training...

§ 2062. Approval. - The Commissioner shall approve all applications, under § 2060 of...

§ 2063. Pickup and return of materials. - (a) The entity shall pick-up the voter registration applications, forms...

§ 2064. Procedures. - (a) Entities conducting voter registration shall account for the disposition...

§ 2065. Application date. - Upon receipt of the applications at the Department of Elections...

Chapter 21. REGISTRATION APPEALS

§ 2101. Right to appeals; person entitled. - (a) From the decision of the Department or the registration...

§ 2102. Notice of appeal. - (a) In order to prosecute an appeal, the person taking...

§ 2103. Notice of appeal to correct name; correction by judge. - Any person applying to the court to have any name...

§ 2104. Manner of giving notice; time; proof. - (a) All notices required to be served upon any person...

§ 2105. Affidavit of appellant. - No appeal shall be received and acted upon by the...

§ 2106. Disposition of appeals. - In the event any appeal is taken or any appeal...

§ 2107. Limit on appeals presenting the same issue. - Once an appeal has been determined, no appeal shall thereafter...

§ 2108. Duty of registration officers to attend appeals. - The registration officers of an election district shall attend and...

§ 2109. Alternate registrars. - All the powers and duties conferred or enjoined upon registration...

§ 2110. Order by court. - The court hearing any appeal shall order and direct the...

§ 2111. Finality of decisions. - The decision of the court on any appeal provided for...

§ 2112. Costs. - The person who makes the affidavit taking such appeal shall...

§ 2113. Registration appeal dockets. - (a) The Department shall provide books of permanent record to...

§ 2114. Timing of appeal. - Notwithstanding the sections of this chapter, any person who asserts...

Chapter 23. PENAL AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS

§ 2301. Neglect of duty; corrupt or fraudulent conduct; penalty. - Whoever, being a member of the Department, is guilty of...

§ 2302. Wrongful registration; assault; riot; breach of peace; penalty. - Whoever causes or attempts to cause himself or herself to...

§ 2303. Registration records; fraudulent entries; alterations, obliterations or omissions; loss; destruction; mutilation; secretion; false copies; penalty. - (a) Whoever, being a registrar, alternate registrar or assistant registrar:...

§ 2304. Alcoholic liquor in registration places; penalty. - Whoever, during the sitting of the registration officers in any...

§ 2305. Intimidation of registration officers; penalty. - If any person, firm, corporation or employer existing or doing...

§ 2306. Notice to Attorney General of violations of registration laws. - The Department shall notify the Attorney General of all violations...

§ 2307. Unauthorized entering of registration area; interference with registration; penalty. - (a) Whoever, not being a registration officer or other department...

§ 2308. Failure to file financial disclosure. - The Commissioner upon receiving notice pursuant to § 5815(c) of...

Chapter 30. BALLOT QUALIFICATIONS

§ 3001. Political parties. - No political party shall be listed on any general election...

§ 3002. Unaffiliated candidates. - (a) No person shall qualify to appear on the general...

§ 3003. County ballots. - The Department shall not list a political party on any...

Chapter 31. PRIMARY ELECTIONS

Subchapter I. General Provisions

§ 3101. Nomination, withdrawal, and primary election dates. - The following schedule applies for all candidates: (1) Notification of...

§ 3101A. Direct primary elections. - The nominations of candidates by all major political parties for...

§ 3102. Primary elections in all districts to be held on same day. - The primary elections for major political parties shall be held...

§ 3103. Filing fees. - (a) Filing fees for primary election for candidates for any...

§ 3104. Hours at polling places. - The time for opening the polls for the purpose of...

§ 3105. Procedure when no contest. - In case there be no contest for any office in...

§ 3106. Filing of candidacy for nomination at a primary election; withdrawal. - (a) Any person desiring to be a candidate shall give...

§ 3107. Determination of nominee. - Any candidate for party nomination to any office who receives...

§ 3108. Primary election districts; conduct of primary elections. - The Department shall, at least 2 weeks before a primary...

§ 3109. Public notice of time and place. - Notice of primary elections shall at a minimum be given...

§ 3110. Qualifications of voters. - An elector may vote in the primary election of a...

§ 3111. Expenses paid by State. - The expenses for holding primary elections under this chapter, including...

§ 3112. Sale of alcoholic liquor on day of primary election. - Repealed by 76 Del. Laws, c. 237, § 4, effective...

§ 3113. Nominating conventions. - The method of nominating candidates for the national Electoral College,...

§ 3114. Candidate residency requirements. - (a) Each candidate shall provide the Commissioner of Elections with...

§ 3115. Elected official, primary residency. - (a) If an elected official relocated to a new primary...

§ 3116. Fraud prosecution. - Any allegation of fraud relating to a candidate or an...

Subchapter II. Books, Ballots, Supplies and Polling Places

§ 3121. Registration records used. - (a) The registration records for each election district in this...

§ 3122. Delivery of registration records to proper inspectors; penalty. - (a) The Department of Elections shall before 7: (b) In...

§ 3123. Use of ballot. - All primary elections shall be by ballot.

§ 3124. Ballots for voting devices. - (a) The Department shall cause to be created the ballots...

§ 3125. Department to furnish voting devices, flags, supplies, and instructions for polling places. - For each polling place, the Department shall furnish all of...

§ 3126. Voting to be by voting devices. - In every primary election district in which a primary election...

§ 3127. Designation of polling places. - The Department shall, at least 2 weeks prior to the...

Subchapter III. Election Officers

§ 3141. Form of oath. - Before opening the election, the presiding officers and judges shall...

§ 3142. Powers to preserve peace. - Each of the election officers of any primary election shall...

§ 3143. Compensation. - Compensation of the officers and clerks for the holding of...

Subchapter IV. Procedure at Polling Places

§ 3161. Voting procedure [Effective until fulfillment of 83 Del. Laws, c. 71, § 5]. - The voting procedure at any primary election shall be the...

§ 3161. Voting procedure [Effective upon fulfillment of 83 Del. Laws, c. 71, § 5]. - (a) The voting procedure at any primary election shall be...

§ 3162. Return of registration records; failure; penalty. - (a) The inspector, immediately after the close of the primary...

§ 3163. Receiving illegal or refusing legal votes; penalty. - Whoever, at any primary election, being a presiding officer or...

§ 3164. Challengers. - (a) Each candidate for nomination at any primary election may...

§ 3165. Challenges; oath of voter; penalty. - Repealed by 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § 42, effective...

§ 3166. Illegal election conduct; general penalties. - (a) Whoever, at any primary election: (1) Falsely personates any...

§ 3167. Bribery at primary elections; penalty. - Whoever, either in or out of this State, receives or...

§ 3168. Stealing, destroying or falsifying registration records; penalty. - (a) Whoever, being an inspector of any primary election, clerk...

§ 3169. Alcoholic liquor in locale of primary election; penalty. - Whoever, during the time that any primary election is in...

§ 3170. Tabulation of vote. - As soon as the polls are closed at a primary...

§ 3171. Certification of results. - The inspector and judges shall remove the paper tape containing...

§ 3172. Calculation of votes; ties. - (a) The Department shall forthwith calculate the total number of...

§ 3173. Vote required for nomination. - In all cases the candidate receiving the highest number of...

§ 3174. Death, physical, mental or other incapacity of nominee. - Whenever it shall be determined that a duly nominated candidate...

Subchapter V. Presidential Primary Election

§ 3181. Primary to be held. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

§ 3182. Conduct of election. - Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the presidential primary...

§ 3183. Nomination; withdrawal. - (a) Notification of candidacy shall be no later than the...

§ 3184. Candidates for presidential election. - A candidate shall be eligible for the presidential primary election...

§ 3185. Selection of delegates to national conventions; forwarding of rules to State Election Commissioner. - Delegates and alternate delegates to a national convention of a...

§ 3186. Delegate and alternate delegate commitments; authorization required; petitions. - Repealed by 70 Del. Laws, c. 245, § 11, effective...

§ 3187. Filing requirements. - A candidate filing in accordance with § 3183(a) of this...

§ 3188. Nomination of delegates and alternate delegates; qualifications. - Repealed by 70 Del. Laws, c. 245, § 12, effective...

§ 3189. Presidential primary election ballots, voting in presidential election; change of party affiliation. - The name of each presidential candidate in the presidential primary...

§ 3190. Polling places; voting machines; election officers. - The Department of Elections: (1) May combine all election districts...

Chapter 33. NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES BY PARTIES

§ 3301. Certificates of nomination. - (a) Candidates for political parties who must file for election...

§ 3302. Party title, figure or device. - (a) The certificates of nomination shall designate a title for...

§ 3303. Time of filing certificates. - (a) (1) Except as provided under paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(4)...

§ 3304. Duties of State Election Commissioner. - (a) The State Election Commissioner, upon receiving the certificates of...

§ 3305. Preservation of certificates for 6 months. - The State Election Commissioner and the Department shall cause to...

§ 3306. Supplemental certificates of nomination. - (a) Whenever it shall be determined, subsequent to the dates...

§ 3307. Publication of candidates. - Repealed by 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § 45, effective...

§ 3308. Penalties. - Whoever: (1) Falsely makes or fraudulently defaces or fraudulently destroys...

Chapter 34. WRITE-IN CANDIDATES

§ 3401. Write-in candidates in general. - Except as otherwise provided in this title, if the name...

§ 3402. Write-in candidates for a general election. - (a) Superior Court shall only count a write-in vote for...

§ 3403. Forms. - The State Election Commissioner, in collaboration with the Department offices,...

§ 3404. Write-in candidate lists. - Each Department office shall issue at least 2 copies of...

§ 3405. Write-in candidates for a special election. - Section 3402 of this title shall apply for a special...

Chapter 41. GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 4101. Residency requirements for candidates. - The residency requirements for candidates for elective office shall be...

§ 4102. Election districts; boundaries. - The boundaries of the election districts in each county shall...

§ 4103. Division of election districts. - (a) The Department may divide such of the election districts,...

§ 4104. Notice of change of election district boundaries in New Castle County. - Repealed by 61 Del. Laws, c. 480, § 7, effective...

§ 4105. Composition of election districts. - (a) The Department shall create election districts consisting of a...

§ 4106. Voting places. - Repealed by 74 Del. Laws, c. 411, § 21, effective...

§ 4107. Maps at each polling place. - Transferred.

§ 4108. Candidates for election. - For state and/or county offices, no person shall simultaneously be...

Chapter 43. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS, UNITED STATES SENATORS, REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS, GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

§ 4301. Presidential electors; election. - Electors of a President and Vice-President of the United States...

§ 4302. Proclamation of number to be chosen. - The Governor in October next preceding every election of presidential...

§ 4303. Meeting and voting of electors. - (a) The electors chosen or appointed in this State for...

§ 4304. Substitute electors. - In case of the death or inability to attend of...

§ 4305. Clerk of electors; compensation. - The electors may employ a clerk, who shall receive for...

§ 4306. Compensation of electors and clerk. - The electors respectively shall receive for attendance and travel the...

§ 4307. United States Senator. - A Senator from this State in the Senate of the...

§ 4308. Representative in Congress. - A Representative for the people of this State in the...

§ 4309. Governor and Lieutenant Governor; joint election. - Repealed by 61 Del. Laws, c. 480, § 9, effective...

§ 4310. Qualifications of voters. - All citizens of this State having the right to vote...

Chapter 43A. THE AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE; EFFECT [APPLICABLE UPON NOTICE THAT THIS CHAPTER GOVERNS A U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; SEE 82 DEL. LAWS, C. 7, § 6]

Subchapter I. The Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote [Applicable upon notice that this chapter governs a U.S. presidential election; see 82 Del. Laws, c. 7, § 6]

§ 4300A. Adoption of the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote [Applicable upon notice that this chapter governs a U.S. presidential election; see 82 Del. Laws, c. 7, § 6]. - This State hereby enters into the Agreement Among the States...

§ 4301A. Article I; membership [Applicable upon notice that this chapter governs a U.S. presidential election; see 82 Del. Laws, c. 7, § 6]. - Any state of the United States and the District of...

§ 4302A. Article II; right of the people in member states to vote for President and Vice President [Applicable upon notice that this chapter governs a U.S. presidential election; see 82 Del. Laws, c. 7, § 6]. - Each member state shall conduct a statewide popular election for...

§ 4303A. Article III; manner of appointing presidential electors in member states [Applicable upon notice that this chapter governs a U.S. presidential election; see 82 Del. Laws, c. 7, § 6]. - (a) Prior to the time set by law for the...

§ 4304A. Article IV; other provisions [Applicable upon notice that this chapter governs a U.S. presidential election; see 82 Del. Laws, c. 7, § 6]. - (a) This agreement shall take effect when states cumulatively possessing...

§ 4305A. Article V; definitions [Applicable upon notice that this chapter governs a U.S. presidential election; see 82 Del. Laws, c. 7, § 6]. - For purposes of this agreement: (1) “Chief executive” shall mean...

Subchapter II. Effect of the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote [Applicable upon notice that this chapter governs a U.S. presidential election; see 82 Del. Laws, c. 7, § 6]

§ 4306A. Effect; State Election Commissioner duties [Applicable upon notice that this chapter governs a U.S. presidential election; see 82 Del. Laws, c. 7, § 6]. - (a) The State Election Commissioner shall provide written notice to...

Chapter 45. BALLOTS, ELECTION SUPPLIES AND POLLING PLACES

§ 4501. Single ballot for all candidates. - There shall be a single ballot for Presidential, Vice-Presidential, state,...

§ 4502. Form and designation of ballots. - (a) (1) For each election, the party emblem adopted by...

§ 4503. Creating ballots. - The Department shall create the ballots to be used in...

§ 4504. Envelopes for ballots and other election supplies; obtaining and packaging. - Repealed by 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § 50, effective...

§ 4505. Substitution of candidate's name after creation of ballots. - Whenever a supplemental certificate of nomination is filed naming a...

§ 4507. Sheet containing oaths of election officers, certificate of qualification, laws. - Repealed by 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § 52, effective...

§ 4508. Certificates of the vote cast in each election district. - The Department shall program the voting machine to produce at...

§ 4509. Materials and supplies necessary to conduct the election. - The Department shall furnish the necessary materials, voter information, and...

§ 4510, 4511. Supplies for election officers; custody of records and supplies; maps and lists of election districts; reuse of election supplies. - Repealed by 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § 55, effective...

§ 4512. Polling places; designation and preparation. - (a) The Department shall designate and procure for each election...

§ 4513. Substitute polling places. - If at any time it becomes impracticable to hold an...

§ 4514. Expenses of general election. - Except where otherwise provided by statute, all necessary costs and...

§ 4515. Payment procedures. - The Department following an election conducted under this title shall...

§ 4516. Use of prerecorded or automated voice message. - [Transferred to 15 Del. C. § 8045A of this title...

Chapter 47. ELECTION OFFICERS

Subchapter I. Appointment of Election Officers

§ 4702. Appointment of election officers. - The Department may appoint election officers to serve in the...

§ 4703, 4704. Oath of office for election officers; certificate of appointment. - Repealed by 75 Del. Laws, c. 232, § 47, effective...

§ 4705. Removal from office. - The Department may remove from office any inspector or judge...

§ 4706. Vacancies; alternates. - The Department shall appoint replacements for election officers who are...

§ 4707. Compensation. - (a) The compensation for election officers is set at the...

§ 4708. Exemptions from military duty and service as inspector, judge of election or clerk. - The inspector or judge of election or clerk during the...

§ 4709. Employment protection. - (a) If an employee has vacation time accrued and available...

Subchapter II. Instruction of Election Officers

§ 4741. Training election officers. - (a) The Department shall train the appointed election officers on...

Chapter 49. CONDUCT OF ELECTION

Subchapter I. Procedure Prior to Opening Polls

§ 4901. Notice of election. - Notice of an election shall be given by suitable news...

§ 4902. Absence of election officer on election day; notice to Department. - If on the day of holding an election any election...

§ 4903. Reading of election law provisions to election officers. - Before reading and subscribing of the oath, the inspector shall...

§ 4904. Oath at polling place before opening an election. - Before opening the election, the inspector, judges, clerks and any...

§ 4905-4908. Meaning and scope of inspector's or judge's oath; oath of clerk of elections on election day; meaning and scope of clerk's oath; reading of sections declaring meaning and scope of oaths. - Repealed by 75 Del. Laws, c. 232, § 53, effective...

§ 4909. Administering and signing the oath. - (a) The oath required in § 4904 of this title...

§ 4910. Instruction sheets; sample ballots. - (a) The State Election Commissioner, in collaboration with the Department...

§ 4911. Display of flags, signs and maps at polling places. - (a) During the hours that a primary, general or special...

§ 4912. Procedure prior to opening of polls. - (a) The election officers of each election district shall arrive...

§ 4913. Presence of party representative to aid in qualification of election officers; presence of other persons. - (a) A single representative of each political party which has...

Subchapter II. Regulations Governing Conduct of Elections During Hours of Voting

§ 4931. Time and manner of opening election. - The general election shall be opened in every election district...

§ 4933. Persons permitted in the voting room. - (a) The following persons shall be admitted to the voting...

§ 4934. Challengers; appointment and powers. - (a) Each of the political parties, acting through their respective...

§ 4935. Special officers at entrance of polling place. - Repealed by 75 Del. Laws, c. 232, § 60, effective...

§ 4936. Order of voting; determination of challenge. - Voters shall approach and enter the passage in the order...

§ 4937. Voting procedure. - (a) A voter, upon entering the room where an election...

§ 4938. Grounds for admitting a person to a voting machine. - The election officers shall only admit to a voting machine...

§ 4939. Determination of challenge based on identity of voter. - If a vote is objected to for the reason that...

§ 4940. Disqualification because of bribery; determination of challenge. - (a) No person who receives or accepts or offers to...

§ 4941. Residency of voter. - If a vote is objected to for the reason that...

§ 4942. Electioneering in polling place; penalties; definitions. - (a) No election officer, challenger or any other person within...

§ 4943. Voting assistance based on blindness, disability, or illiteracy; instructions for voters. - (a) Any voter who requires assistance to vote by reason...

§ 4944. Vote for candidates for President and Vice President as vote for their electors. - A vote for the candidates of a political party for...

§ 4945. Majority vote of inspector and judges of election. - The concurrence or assent of a majority of the inspector...

§ 4946. Powers of election officers to preserve order during election; penalty. - (a) The inspectors of election, from the opening of the...

§ 4947. Time and manner of closing election. - The election shall be continued open until 8:

§ 4948. Provisional ballots. - (a) Provisional ballots shall be used in primary and general...

Subchapter III. Counting Votes and Post-Election Regulations

§ 4971. Counting absentee votes; penalty for disclosure. - Repealed by 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § 62, effective...

§ 4972. Rules regarding what constitutes a legal vote. - (a) Votes cast on a voting device are legal votes...

§ 4973, 4974. Disqualified ballots; notation and preservation of disqualified or disputed ballots and envelopes. - Repealed by 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § 62, effective...

§ 4975. Removing the results from the voting device or devices and dispatching the voted paper ballots in a secured container and the media containing the election results to the Department. - (a) (1) After the polls have closed and the last...

§ 4977. Persons authorized to be present during the count and tabulation. - Any candidate and any duly accredited challenger may be admitted...

§ 4980. Return and custody of voting devices, media containing election results, and ballot container. - (a) Immediately after the election, and within the 2 days...

§ 4981. Duties of Department and State Election Commissioner following an election. - (a) Immediately following an election, the Department shall upload all...

Subchapter IV. Administrative Complaint Procedure

§ 4990. Applicability. - The Administrative Complaint Process shall only apply to alleged violations...

§ 4991. Process. - (a) The person making a complaint under this subchapter shall...

Chapter 50A. ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS

§ 5000A. Electronic voting system use. - In any general, special, or primary elections, an electronic voting...

§ 5001A. Requirements. - (a) An electronic voting system may be adopted, purchased, or...

§ 5002A. Compliance guarantee. - Before any electronic voting system is purchased, rented or otherwise...

§ 5003A. Use of voting devices; costs in municipal elections. - Electronic voting devices may be used throughout this State in...

§ 5004A. Number of voting devices per election district. - (a) In general elections, the Department shall supply each polling...

§ 5005A. Printing of ballots; distribution of ballots. - (a) [Repealed.] (b) (1) The party emblem which has been...

§ 5008A. Preparation of voting devices. - (a) (1) The Department shall cause sufficient voting devices to...

§ 5009A. Instruction model. - Repealed by 70 Del. Laws, c. 154, § 18, effective...

§ 5010A. Inoperative voting devices. - If during the conduct of an election a voting device...

§ 5012A. Audits; audit discrepancy procedure. - (a) For purposes of this section, “audit” means counting by...

Chapter 51. CRIMINAL OFFENSES

Subchapter I. General Provisions

§ 5101. Jurisdiction of Court. - The Superior Court shall have exclusive, original jurisdiction of offenses...

§ 5102. Prosecution by Attorney General; duty to report violations. - (a) The Attorney General shall immediately prosecute to final judgment...

§ 5103. Irregularities or defects in election as a defense. - Irregularities or defects in the mode of noticing, canvassing, polling...

§ 5104. Honest belief as a defense. - Upon any prosecution for procuring, offering or casting an illegal...

§ 5105. Application to school elections. - The provisions of this chapter shall additionally be applicable to...

Subchapter II. Particular Offenses

§ 5111. Neglect of duty by department member; corrupt or fraudulent conduct; penalty. - Whoever, being a member of the Department, is guilty of...

§ 5112. Refusal of inspector or judge of election to serve; penalty. - Whoever, having been appointed an inspector or judge of election...

§ 5113. Refusal of clerk of election to qualify or serve; penalty. - Whoever, having been appointed a clerk of election, refuses to...

§ 5114. Improper conduct of printer of ballots and ballot envelopes; penalty. - If the printer of the ballot or envelope or any...

§ 5115. Improper use of ballot or envelope; penalty. - Whoever: (1) Forges or falsely makes the official endorsement of...

§ 5116. Tampering with voting machines; penalties. - Whoever before the opening of the election registers any vote...

§ 5117. Unauthorized entering of voting room; penalties. - (a) Whoever does not meet the qualifications of § 4933...

§ 5118. Interference with election; penalties. - (a) Whoever: (1) Enters or attempts to enter the voting...

§ 5119. Feigning a physical disability to obtain assistance in voting; penalty. - (a) Whoever, being an elector, feigns a physical defect or...

§ 5120. Secreting person in election room; penalty. - Whoever, other than the election officers, secretes or attempts to...

§ 5121. Removal or destruction of election supplies or equipment or voting machines; penalty. - (a) Whoever, during the general election: (1) Removes or destroys...

§ 5122. Disclosures by election officers; penalty. - Whoever, being an election officer: (1) Reveals to any person...

§ 5123. Intimidation, persuasion or bribery by election officer; penalty. - Whoever, being an election officer: (1) In any manner attempts...

§ 5124. Inducing the making of distinguishing mark on ballot; penalty. - Whoever induces or attempts to induce any elector to write,...

§ 5125. Inducing election officers to violate election laws; penalty. - Whoever induces or attempts to induce any election officers to...

§ 5126. Violations by officials; penalty. - Whoever, being a clerk of the peace, an official, or...

§ 5127. Bribery of person expecting to be election or registration officer; penalty. - Whoever bribes or attempts to bribe anyone expecting to hold...

§ 5128. Fraudulent voting; penalty. - Whoever, at any general or special election: (1) Falsely personates...

§ 5129. False entries by clerk of election. - Whoever, being a clerk of election or other election officer...

§ 5130. Failure of election officer to perform duties. - Whoever, being an election officer, wilfully: (1) Excludes any vote...

§ 5131. False count or certification by election officer. - Whoever, being an election officer, wilfully: (1) Makes any false...

§ 5132. Fraudulent deposit or alteration of ballots or entering voting machine booth or casting vote; penalty. - (a) Whoever, being an election officer, at any election: (1)...

§ 5133. Wilful neglect of duty by election officers. - Whoever, being an election officer of whom any duty is...

§ 5134. Stealing, destroying or secreting records; penalty. - (a) Whoever, being an election officer having the custody of...

§ 5135. Perjury; subornation of perjury. - (a) Whoever is convicted of wilful false swearing or affirming...

§ 5136. Tampering with ballots or deceiving voters; penalty. - Whoever: (1) Fraudulently changes or alters the ballot of any...

§ 5137. Disobeying election officers; penalty. - Whoever wilfully disobeys any lawful command of any election officer,...

§ 5138. Breach of peace or violence on election day; penalty. - Whoever on any day of election or during the reading...

§ 5139. Interference with election officer or challenger; penalty. - Whoever: (1) Knowingly or wilfully obstructs, hinders, assaults or by...

§ 5140. Failure of inspector to preserve order. - Whoever, being an inspector of election, wilfully neglects or when...

§ 5141. Stealing or destroying ballot box, ballot, poll list; penalty. - Whoever, not being an election officer: (1) Steals or wilfully...

§ 5142. Requiring unauthorized oath; penalty. - Whoever, being an election officer or other person, administers or...

§ 5143. Candidate for General Assembly not to make written pledge; penalty. - (a) No candidate for State Senator or Representative in the...

§ 5144. Unauthorized release of absentee vote information; penalty. - (a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally releases, transfers, distributes,...

Subchapter III. Offenses Carrying Civil Liability

§ 5161. Intimidation of election officers; penalty. - If any person, firm, corporation or employer existing or doing...

§ 5162. Intimidation of electors; penalty. - If any person, or corporation existing or doing business in...

§ 5163. Liability of corporation or officers. - In any trial under § 5161 or § 5162 of...

§ 5164. Liability of stakeholder for paying election bet. - If any stakeholder, or person with whom any money or...

Chapter 53. MILITARY OR OTHER INTERFERENCE WITH ELECTIONS

§ 5301. Bringing armed soldiers into State to interfere with elections; penalty. - Whoever, being a citizen or inhabitant of this State: (1)...

§ 5302. Abetting or counseling military interference with elections; penalty. - Whoever, being a citizen or inhabitant of this State, aids,...

§ 5303. Civil remedy for interference with voting. - (a) Whoever, being a duly qualified elector of this State...

§ 5304. Duty to disclose information as to interference with elections. - Every citizen of this State who has knowledge of any...

§ 5305. Ten year limitation on civil actions for voting interference. - The limitation of actions commenced under §§ 5303 and 5304...

§ 5306. Special polling place and voting procedure in case of military interference. - If it happens that by reason of the presence of...

§ 5307. Duties of inspector at special polling place. - (a) The polls authorized to be held by § 5306...

§ 5308. Canvass of ballots from special polling place. - The Superior Court, sitting as a board of canvass, shall...

§ 5309. Procedure in case of military interference with board of canvass. - If it is apparent to the Court sitting as board...

§ 5310. Number of special polling places not limited. - Nothing contained in §§ 5306-5312 of this title shall limit...

§ 5311. Special clerk; appointment; oath. - Each inspector chosen under § 5306 of this title may...

§ 5312. Compensation of special election officers. - The special inspectors and clerks elected and appointed under this...

Chapter 54. Early Voting

§ 5401. Applicability. - This chapter applies to the following elections: (1) A primary...

§ 5402. Early voting; designated locations. - The State Election Commissioner shall designate locations at which a...

§ 5403. Designation and publication of early voting locations. - (a) The State Election Commissioner shall designate and publish the...

§ 5404. Hours at designated early voting locations. - (a) The State Election Commissioner shall open the designated early...

§ 5405. Procedure for conducting early voting. - Except as otherwise provided under this chapter, the procedure for...

§ 5406. Method of early voting. - The State Election Commissioner shall determine whether early voting occurs...

§ 5407. Tabulation of early voting ballots. - Early voting ballots must be tabulated at the same time...

§ 5408. Daily updates of polling records. - The Department of Elections shall establish procedures for daily updates...

Chapter 55. ABSENTEE VOTING

§ 5501. Purpose of chapter; scope. - It is the purpose and intent of the General Assembly...

§ 5502. Persons eligible to vote by absentee ballot. - Any qualified elector, duly registered, of this State may cast...

§ 5503. Request for ballot; statements for absentee ballots; delivery of absentee ballots. - (a) An elector desiring to vote by absentee ballot in...

§ 5504. Distribution of ballots, envelopes, and instructions; envelope specifications; pre-paid postage. - (a) Upon receipt of a statement from an elector pursuant...

§ 5505. Requirements for ballot envelope; numbering and coding; voter identification label; statement of eligibility. - (a) The Department shall provide to each elector to whom...

§ 5506. Instructions for completing absentee ballots. - The Attorney General shall prepare a list of instructions to...

§ 5507. Voting procedure; execution of statement; return of ballot. - The procedure for completing an absentee ballot and returning it...

§ 5508. Time limit for return of ballot; late ballots. - (a) The Department shall endorse the date and time of...

§ 5509. Procedure on receipt of ballot envelope by Department. - (a) Upon receipt of a ballot envelope the Department, or...

§ 5510. Counting procedure for absentee ballots. - At any time between the Friday before the day of...

§ 5510A. Preparing absentee ballots for tabulation. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or regulations...

§ 5511. Carrier envelope specifications; carrier envelopes as ballot boxes. - (a) The Department shall purchase envelopes to be used as...

§ 5512. Envelopes in general; approval by Attorney General. - The Attorney General shall personally approve each kind or type...

§ 5513. Challenges. - (a) The ballot of any elector choosing to vote by...

§ 5514. Rejected ballots. - (a) No vote shall be accepted or counted if: (1)...

§ 5515. Validity of absentee voter's ballot for wrong district. - If an absentee voter marks and returns an absentee ballot...

§ 5517. File of absentee voters. - (a) The Department shall maintain records providing for the prevention...

§ 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. - (a) Any person who qualifies for an absentee ballot pursuant...

§ 5520. Special write-in absentee ballot; procedures; qualifications. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, an elector...

§ 5521. Federal write-in absentee ballot; acceptance; combined request for registration and ballot submission. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, an elector...

§ 5522. Duties of Department of Elections; political balance of absentee judges; security. - (a) The Department shall ensure that each panel of absentee...

§ 5523. Logic and accuracy testing of absentee ballot tabulating equipment; authority of the State Election Commissioner. - (a) The State Election Commissioner, in consultation with the Department...

§ 5524. Emergency authority for the State Election Commissioner. - (a) In the event that a national or local emergency...

§ 5525. Electronic delivery of absentee ballots. - (a) The provisions of this section apply to persons eligible...

§ 5526. System for voters to determine status of their absentee ballots. - The State Election Commissioner, in collaboration with the Department offices,...

§ 5527. Authority to implement provisions of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act. - The State Election Commissioner, in collaboration with the Department offices,...

Chapter 56A. Voting by mail ballot [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]

§ 5602A. Applicability [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - This chapter applies to the following elections: (1) A nonpresidential...

§ 5603A. Voting by mail ballot [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - Votes cast by mail ballot under this chapter shall be...

§ 5604A. Process for voting by mail ballot [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - (a) The Department shall create an application which may be...

§ 5605A. Distribution of ballots, envelopes, and instructions [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - (a) Upon receipt of the application for a mail ballot...

§ 5606A. Requirements for ballot envelope; numbering and coding; voter identification label; statement of eligibility [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - (a) With each mail ballot, the Department shall also provide...

§ 5607A. Instructions for completing and returning a mail ballot [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - The Attorney General shall prepare a list of instructions to...

§ 5608A. Voting procedure; execution of statement; return of ballot [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - (a) The procedure for completing a mail ballot and returning...

§ 5609A. Time limit for return of ballot; late ballots [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - (a) The Department shall record the date and time of...

§ 5610A. Procedure on receipt of ballot envelope by Department [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - (a) Upon receipt of a ballot envelope, the Department shall...

§ 5611A. Counting procedure for ballot envelopes [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - Beginning 30 days before the day of the election, election...

§ 5612A. Preparing mail ballots for tabulation [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - (a) The Department may open ballot envelopes in public meetings...

§ 5613A. Carrier envelope specifications; carrier envelopes as ballot boxes [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - (a) The Department shall purchase envelopes to be used as...

§ 5614A. Envelopes in general; approval by Attorney General [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - The Attorney General shall personally approve each kind or type...

§ 5615A. Challenges [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - (a) A mail ballot may be challenged for any of...

§ 5616A. Rejected ballots [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - (a) No vote shall be accepted or counted if any...

§ 5617A. Validity of a voter's mail ballot for wrong district [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - If a voter marks and returns a mail ballot for...

§ 5618A. Required records [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - (a) The Department shall maintain records providing for the prevention...

§ 5619A. Duties of Department of Elections; political balance of election judges; security [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - (a) The Department shall ensure that each panel of election...

§ 5620A. Logic and accuracy testing of mail ballot tabulating equipment; authority of the State Election Commissioner [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - (a) The State Election Commissioner, in consultation with the Department...

§ 5621A. System for voters to determine status of their mail ballots [For application of this chapter, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 353, § 6]. - The State Election Commissioner, in collaboration with the Department offices,...

Chapter 57. CANVASS OF VOTE AND PROCLAMATION OF RESULTS OF ELECTION

§ 5701. Superior Court as board of canvass; convening and composition of Court. - (a) The Superior Court shall convene in each county on...

§ 5702. Duties of Court. - (a) Whenever the voting machine recording tapes, voting machine certificates,...

§ 5703. Vote required for election. - In all elections, unless it be otherwise expressly provided, a...

§ 5704. Votes for President and Vice-President as votes for their electors. - The Court shall calculate the votes given for the candidates...

§ 5705. Certificates of the results of the election; number required. - (a) After the state of the election has been ascertained...

§ 5706. Form of certificates. - (a) The certificates of the Court of the results of...

§ 5707. Enclosing certificates in envelopes. - The Court shall enclose and seal up each certificate separately...

§ 5708. Tie vote; certificate. - If, by reason of an equal number of votes having...

§ 5709. Disposition of certificates by the Court. - (a) The Court shall, within 3 days after making the...

§ 5710. Certification and proclamation by Governor of results of election of state officers. - The Governor, after receiving the certificates of the results of...

§ 5711. Electors for President and Vice President; announcements and certifications of election [Effective unless Chapter 43A of this title governs a U.S. presidential election; see 82 Del. Laws, c. 7, § 6]. - The Governor, after receiving the certificates under the seal of...

§ 5711. Electors for President and Vice President; announcements and certifications of election [Effective if Chapter 43A of this title governs a U.S. presidential election; see 82 Del. Laws, c. 7, § 6]. - The Governor is the chief election official under § 4305A(3)...

§ 5712. Representative in the Congress of the United States; announcement and certification of election. - The Governor, after receiving the certificates, under the seal of...

§ 5713. United States Senator; announcement and certification of election; form. - (a) The Governor, after receiving the certificates under the seal...

§ 5714. Costs. - All necessary costs and expenses incurred in carrying out the...

§ 5715. State senatorial or representative districts. - (a) The Court shall calculate the total votes given for...

Chapter 59. CONTESTED ELECTIONS

Subchapter I. Members of the General Assembly

§ 5901. Notice of intention to contest; specifications. - Any person intending to contest the election or the eligibility...

§ 5902. Counter specifications. - The person returned by the board of canvass as having...

§ 5903. Verification of specifications. - Every specification shall be verified by affidavit of the party...

§ 5904. Delivery of notice and specification to presiding officer of Senate or House. - Copies of the notice and specifications verified as provided in...

§ 5905. Inquiry restricted to grounds specified. - In the trial of the case of a contested election,...

§ 5906. Costs when sitting member unseated. - If the house having cognizance of the matter determines that...

§ 5907. Costs when sitting member is not unseated. - The house in determining against the claim of the contestant...

§ 5908. Execution when costs are to be paid by contestant. - Any order for the payment of costs by the contestant...

Subchapter II. Electors for President and Vice President

§ 5921. Notice of contest; specification. - Any person intending to contest the election of any one...

§ 5922. Specification in answer. - The person declared to have been elected and who has...

§ 5923. Verification of specifications. - Every specification shall be verified by the affidavit of the...

§ 5924. Delivery of documents to special board of canvass. - The notice and specification which have been delivered to the...

§ 5925. Inquiry restricted to grounds of objection in specifications. - In the trial of the case of a contested election,...

§ 5926. Subpoenas for witnesses. - Where any contestant or person who has been declared elected...

§ 5927. Superior Court for Kent County declared a special board of canvass to hear contest. - The Superior Court for Kent County is continued and declared...

§ 5928. Certification by Superior Court. - The Superior Court, after hearing any contest of election of...

Subchapter III. Other Offices

§ 5941. Who may contest; causes. - Any person claiming to be elected to an office to...

§ 5942. Irregularities not invalidating election. - No inequality or improper conduct in the proceedings of the...

§ 5943. Requirements to set aside election because of illegal voting. - Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to...

§ 5944. Circumstances under which contestant need not claim to have been elected. - When an election is contested because of alleged malconduct of...

§ 5945. Statement of contestant; contents. - When any person authorized to do so under this chapter...

§ 5946. Verification of contestant's statement. - The statement shall be verified by the oath of the...

§ 5947. Security for costs. - Any person contesting any election under this subchapter shall be...

§ 5948. Citation; service and return. - Before the statement is filed, the Prothonotary shall docket the...

§ 5949. Dismissal of proceedings. - The Court may dismiss the proceedings if the statement of...

§ 5950. Trial. - If proceedings are not dismissed, the case shall proceed upon...

§ 5951. Trial by Court; by jury. - All cases of contest under this subchapter shall be fully...

§ 5952. Proof and evidence limited by statement. - At the trial of any contest under this subchapter the...

§ 5953. Examination of ballots by Court. - In the trial of any contested election under this subchapter,...

§ 5954. Judgment. - (a) After hearing the allegations and proofs in the cause...

§ 5955. Costs. - (a) Costs in all cases under this subchapter shall be...

Chapter 61. REGISTRATION OF FORMER FELONS

§ 6101. Statement of purpose. - The Constitution of the State provides that certain persons who...

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