Source: https://delcode.delaware.gov/sessionlaws/ga149/chp419.shtml
Timestamp: 2019-07-22 00:31:27
Document Index: 607536915

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 7572', '§ 7573', '§ 7572', '§ 7571', '§ 7578', '§ 7581', '§ 7572', '§ 7582', '§ 7585']

§ 7572. Request for ballot; affidavits statement for absentee ballots; delivery of absentee ballots.
(a) An elector desiring to vote by absentee ballot in an election for which the elector is a qualified elector may request an absentee ballot from the municipality where the elector is qualified to vote by filing a written affidavit statement with the municipality no later than 12:00 noon the day before the election.
(b) An affidavit A statement may be filed pursuant to this section by mailing it, delivering it, or causing it to be delivered to the municipality where the elector is qualified to vote.
(c) Affidavit Statements filed pursuant to this section shall:
(3) Be subscribed and sworn to by the elector, before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths affirming that under penalty of perjury, the information on the affidavit is correct and true except that the affidavit for a person voting in person at a municipality shall not be notarized but shall be accepted upon the voter presenting a form of ID acceptable by a notary.
(e)(d) The State Election Commissioner shall create an absentee affidavit statement template that municipalities shall use in creating their own absentee affidavit statement by adding additional reasons that a person may vote by absentee ballot. The State Election Commissioner shall also designate envelopes and create a set of instructions for voters casting their votes by absentee ballot that municipalities may use to comply with the provisions of this subchapter.
(f)(e) The municipality may adopt a printed or electronic affidavit statement form (or both), containing blanks associated with each item required by this section to be listed on an affidavit, which may be completed by any elector wishing to receive an absentee ballot pursuant to this section. An elector may submit a written or electronic request to the municipality for the municipality prepared affidavit statement form, which the municipality shall forward to the elector upon receipt of a request therefore.
Section 2. Amend § 7573, Title 15 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strikethrough and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
(a) Upon receipt of an affidavit statement from an elector pursuant to § 7572 of this title, the municipality shall process the same and confirm that the elector qualifies for an absentee ballot pursuant to § 7571 of this title.
Section 3. Amend § 7578, Title 15 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strikethrough and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
c. Open each ballot envelope in such a manner as not to deface or destroy the self-administered affidavit statement thereon or the absentee ballot enclosed and then remove the ballot in such manner as to avoid seeing the markings thereon from the ballot envelope. If there is no ballot in the ballot envelope or if there is more than 1 ballot in a ballot envelope, an absentee election judge shall write the word “REJECTED” and the reason for the rejection on the front of the ballot envelope and then at least 2 absentee elections judges shall initial beside the entries. In the case where there was more than 1 ballot in a ballot envelope, the team shall put the ballots back into the ballot envelope.
Section 4. Amend § 7581, Title 15 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strikethrough and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
(1) On the ground that the affidavit statement filed by the voter in compliance with § 7572 of this title is false; or
(2) On the ground that the self-administered affidavit statement on the ballot envelope is not signed.
Section 5. Amend § 7582, Title 15 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strikethrough and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
Section 6. Amend § 7585, Title 15 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strikethrough and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
(4) The date the affidavit statement is received by the municipality;