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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 - Repealed by 75 Del.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 - Repealed by 75 Del.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...