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§ 6102. Definitions. - (a) The following words, terms and phrases, when used in...
§ 6103. Application for registration: felony conviction reviews. - (a) The county office of the Department of Elections shall...
§ 6104. Commissioner's review of application. - (a) If the applicant has been convicted of a felony...
§ 6105. Cooperation between agencies; waiver of fees. - Notwithstanding any statute or other provision to the contrary, in...
§ 6106. Rules and regulations. - The State Election Commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations when...
§ 6107. Appeals. - Any decision by the State Election Commissioner may be appealed...
Chapter 71. SPECIAL ELECTION FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY
§ 7101. Vacancies in General Assembly; writs of election. - Whenever there is a vacancy in either house of the...
§ 7102. Day for holding special election. - (a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 7103. Candidates. - (a) The county committee for each political party eligible to...
§ 7104. Notices. - The Department shall provide notice of the special election as...
§ 7105. Election officers and polling places. - The Department, upon receiving a writ of election, shall appoint...
§ 7106. General election laws applicable. - (a) Every special election in a representative or senatorial district...
§ 7107. Board of canvass. - The Superior Court of each county in which a special...
§ 7108. Term of office of one elected to fill vacancy. - The person elected to fill a vacancy in the General...
§ 7109. Costs of special election. - All necessary costs and expenses incurred in carrying into effect...
Chapter 73. VACANCY IN OFFICE OF REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, UNITED STATES SENATOR OR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR
Subchapter I. Representative in Congress
§ 7301. Special election to fill vacancy. - Whenever a vacancy shall happen by death, resignation or otherwise...
§ 7302. Time of election; general election. - It shall be in the discretion of the Governor whether...
§ 7303. Writs of election. - The Governor shall issue writs of election to the Department...
§ 7304. Notice to the public. - The State Election Commissioner shall within 10 days after issuance...
§ 7305. Nomination of candidates. - (a) Political parties with at least 1/10 of 1 percent...
§ 7306. Conduct of special election. - Notwithstanding the provisions of this subchapter, a special election for...
§ 7307. Polling places; voting machines; election officers. - The Department: (1) May combine all election districts voting at...
§ 7308. Costs of the special election. - The Office of Management and Budget shall transfer sufficient funds...
Subchapter II. United States Senator
§ 7321. Vacancy; temporary appointment; term. - Whenever a vacancy shall happen by death, resignation or otherwise...
§ 7322. Certification of appointment; form. - (a) If a vacancy in the office of United States...
Subchapter III. Electors of President and Vice President
§ 7331. Procedure in case of failure to elect electors. - If upon examining the certificates of the boards of canvass...
§ 7332. Mode of choosing by General Assembly. - In the joint meeting provided for by § 7331 of...
§ 7333. Member of General Assembly ineligible. - No member of the General Assembly for the time being...
§ 7334. Certificates of appointment by General Assembly. - Certificates of appointment of electors by the General Assembly shall...
Chapter 75. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 7501. Applicability. - Subchapters II and III of this chapter shall apply to...
§ 7502. Local election when there is only 1 candidate. - Repealed by 75 Del. Laws, c. 342, § 1, effective...
Subchapter II. City of Wilmington
§ 7521. Elections. - Registration and elections in the City of Wilmington for the...
§ 7522. Definition of political party. - A political party existing only within the City of Wilmington...
§ 7523. Certificates of nomination. - The nominations made under this subchapter for the various offices...
§ 7524. Title and device of party. - No party shall use the name of another party appearing...
§ 7525. Ballots. - The names of the candidates for the Mayor, Council, and...
§ 7526. Supplemental certificates of nomination. - Supplemental certificates of nomination for offices of the City of...
§ 7527. Contest of election. - If any candidate for any of the offices before mentioned...
§ 7528. General provisions. - All of the provisions of this title pertaining to elections,...
Subchapter III. Special Elections for Annexations for City of Wilmington under Title 22, § 101A
§ 7540. Date for election. - (a) Upon the enactment of a county ordinance pursuant to...
§ 7541. Contents of notice of special election. - The special election shall be held on the date fixed...
§ 7542. Place, time and manner of voting; duties of Clerk of the Peace. - (a) The special election shall be held in the building...
§ 7543. Qualified voters; voting list. - (a) The following shall be considered qualified voters for a...
§ 7544. Certification of result of special election; retention of ballots. - No later than 3 days after the holding of the...
§ 7545. Alternative approval procedure when only 1 qualified voter exists. - If only 1 qualified voter in the territory exists for...
§ 7546. Definitions. - For the purposes of this subchapter, the following terms shall...
Subchapter IV. Municipal Elections Except for the City of Wilmington
§ 7550. General. - (a) Subchapters IV and V of this chapter shall not...
§ 7551. Boards of Election; appointment, authority. - (a) A Board of Elections shall be appointed as provided...
§ 7552. Complaint procedure; pre-election activity. - (a) A citizen of the municipality may submit a written...
§ 7553. Notices; posting; publishing; deadlines, election calendar. - (a) For each election of members of the municipal government,...
§ 7554. Voter eligibility. - (a) Voter eligibility shall be as specified within the town...
§ 7555. Candidates; eligibility; declaration of candidacy. - (a) Candidate eligibility shall be established in the town charter....
§ 7556. Election Officers; appointment; responsibilities; training. - Unless otherwise provided by town charter or code: (1) The...
§ 7557. Conduct of the election. - (a) The Department of Elections shall make available training for...
§ 7557A. Complaint procedure; unlawful election activity altering result of election. - (a) A citizen of a municipality may submit a written...
§ 7558. Election results; recounts; contests. - (a) A person certified as being elected shall not take...
§ 7559. Transition. - (a) This subchapter shall apply to elections held after June...
Subchapter V. Absentee Voting in Municipal Elections Except for the City of Wilmington
§ 7570. Purpose of subchapter; scope. - It is the purpose and intent of the General Assembly...
§ 7571. Persons eligible to vote by absentee ballot. - Any person qualified under the provisions of a municipal charter...
§ 7572. Request for ballot; statement for absentee ballots; delivery of absentee ballots. - (a) An elector desiring to vote by absentee ballot in...
§ 7573. Distribution of ballots, envelopes, and instructions; envelope specifications; prepaid postage. - (a) Upon receipt of a statement from an elector pursuant...
§ 7574. Requirements for ballot envelope; numbering and coding; voter identification label; affidavit of eligibility. - (a) The municipality shall provide to each elector to whom...
§ 7575. Voting procedure; execution of affidavit; return of ballot. - The procedure for completing an absentee ballot and returning it...
§ 7576. Time limit for return of ballot; late ballots. - (a) Each municipality shall endorse the date and time of...
§ 7577. Procedure on receipt of ballot envelope by municipality. - (a) Upon receipt of a ballot envelope the municipality, or...
§ 7578. Counting procedure for absentee ballots. - At any time between the opening and the closing of...
§ 7579. Preparing absentee ballots to be counted. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board of...
§ 7580. Carrier envelope specifications; carrier envelopes as ballot boxes. - (a) The municipality shall purchase envelopes to be used as...
§ 7581. Challenges. - (a) The ballot of any elector choosing to vote by...
§ 7582. Rejected ballots. - (a) No vote shall be accepted or counted if: (1)...
§ 7583. Validity of absentee voter's ballot for wrong municipal election district. - If an absentee voter marks and returns an absentee ballot...
§ 7584. Procedure if requests or ballots sent to wrong official; absentee ballots received by election officers. - If any request for an absentee ballot and accompanying envelopes,...
§ 7585. File of absentee voters. - (a) The municipality shall maintain records providing for the prevention...
Chapter 77. CONVENTION TO ACT UPON AMENDMENTS TO FEDERAL CONSTITUTION
§ 7701. Date of election of delegates; proclamation. - Whenever the Congress of the United States proposes an amendment...
§ 7702. Qualification of voters. - (a) If the election of delegates is held at the...
§ 7703. Registration. - (a) If the election of delegates is to be held...
§ 7704. Election, how conducted; results, how ascertained. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the election...
§ 7705. Number and residence of delegates. - The number of delegates to be chosen to such convention...
§ 7706. Qualifications of delegates; nomination by petition. - Candidates for the office of delegate to the convention shall...
§ 7707. Determination of nominations. - The sixteenth day before the day fixed for the holding...
§ 7708. What nominations shall be effective. - No nominations shall be effective except those of the 7...
§ 7710. Alternates. - Candidates for nomination not nominated as provided in §§ 7706-7708...
§ 7711. Printing of ballots; to whom delivered; additional ballots. - The Department shall cause to be printed and distributed the...
§ 7712. Use of separate ballot; form. - The election shall be by ballot, separate from any ballot...
§ 7713. Election of nominees; vacancies. - The 17 nominees who receive the highest number of votes...
§ 7714. Meeting of delegates. - The delegates to the convention shall meet in the Senate...
§ 7715. Election of officers and adoption of rules. - The convention may elect its president, secretary and other officers...
§ 7716. Journal of convention. - The convention shall keep a journal of its proceedings in...
§ 7717. Certification of results. - (a) After the sense of the majority of the total...
§ 7718. Compensation of delegates, officers and employees; expenses. - Every delegate to the convention shall receive $10 for every...
§ 7719. Applicability of act of Congress. - If at or about the time of submitting any such...
Chapter 80. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
§ 8001. Purpose. - The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public...
§ 8002. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Candidate” means a person...
§ 8003. Duties of a candidate. - (a) A candidate shall establish a candidate committee. There shall...
§ 8004. School boards and offices paying under $1,000. - Notwithstanding § 8003 of this title, or any other provision...
§ 8005. Duties of a political committee. - A political committee shall: (1) File a statement of organization...
§ 8006. Prohibitions. - (a) No person shall, directly or through any other person,...
§ 8007-8009. Limits on expenditures; reports and sworn statements; public disclosure; certificates of election. - Repealed by 67 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1, effective...
Subchapter II. Contribution Limits
§ 8010. Contribution limits for candidates. - (a) No person (other than a political party) shall make,...
§ 8011. Contribution limits for parties. - No person shall make any contributions which will cause the...
§ 8012. Contribution limits generally. - (a) No person shall make, and no candidate, treasurer or...
§ 8012A. Contributions to a political party from a joint account. - (a) Any contribution to a political committee made by means...
§ 8013. Short title - Repealed by 67 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 1, effective...
Subchapter III. Expenditures
§ 8020. Authorized campaign expenditures. - No political committee may make any expenditure except for the...
§ 8021. Identification of purchaser. - (a) All campaign advertisements having a fair market value of...
§ 8022. Leftover funds. - Any funds remaining in any political committee which has completed...
Subchapter IV. Public Disclosure
§ 8030. Reports of political committees. - (a) Each candidate (except a candidate who is excused from...
§ 8031. Special reports — Third-party advertisements. - (a) Any person other than a candidate committee or political...
§ 8032. Public disclosure. - All reports made to the Commissioner and all rulings made...
Subchapter V. Enforcement
§ 8040. Certificates of election. - No certificate of election shall be granted to any candidate...
§ 8041. Duties and powers of Commissioner. - The Commissioner shall: (1) Make and publish such rules and...
§ 8042. Civil remedies. - For purposes of any civil remedy on behalf of any...
§ 8043. Violations; penalties; jurisdiction in Superior Court. - (a) Except as set forth in § 8044 of this...
§ 8044. Tardy reports. - (a) (1) The Commissioner may issue a citation to a...
§ 8045. Attorney General candidates. - Whenever it shall be alleged that an offense under this...
§ 8045A. Use of prerecorded or automated voice message. - (a) Every individual, party, entity, person, including a corporation, organization,...
§ 8046. Short title. - This chapter shall be known as the “Campaign Financing and...