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15 DE Code § 4901. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter I. Procedure Prior to Opening Polls|§ 4901. Notice of election.

§ 4901. Notice of election. Notice of an election shall be given by suitable news media and/or by publishing the same at least 5 days prior to any election. 21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  8;  Code 1915, §  1747;  Code 1935, §  1836;  45 Del. Laws, c. 154, §  8;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4901;  58 Del. Laws, c. 215, §  34;
15 DE Code § 4902. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter I. Procedure Prior to Opening Polls|§ 4902. Absence of election officer on election day; notice to Department.

§ 4902. Absence of election officer on election day; notice to Department. If on the day of holding an election any election officer authorized by law to serve at the election in any election district is absent from the place of election at 7: 00 a.m., the inspector, if present, or, in the absence of the inspector, then any judge who may be present, shall immediately notify the Department office in that inspector's or judge's county of the absence. 21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  9;  Code 1915, §  1748;  Code 1935, §  1837;  45 Del. Laws, c. 154, §  9;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4902;  58 Del. Laws, c. 148, §§  74, 75;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  74;  82 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 21;
15 DE Code § 4903. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter I. Procedure Prior to Opening Polls|§ 4903. Reading of election law provisions to election officers.

§ 4903. Reading of election law provisions to election officers. Before reading and subscribing of the oath, the inspector shall read §§ 5123, 5124 and 5125 of this title to the assembled election officers. 19 Del. Laws, c. 37, §  25;  27 Del. Laws, c. 65, §§  22, 32;  Code 1915, §§  1761, 1763;  Code 1935, §§  1850, 1852;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4903;  75 Del. Laws, c. 232, §  51;
15 DE Code § 4904. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter I. Procedure Prior to Opening Polls|§ 4904. Oath at polling place before opening an election.

§ 4904. Oath at polling place before opening an election. Before opening the election, the inspector, judges, clerks and any other appointed election officers shall subscribe to the following oath:  “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that in the election to be held on the ________________ day of ________________________________ A. D. ________________ I will not knowingly or willfully receive or consent to the receiving of the vote of any alien, and also that I will not receive or consent to the receiving of the vote of any person whom I shall believe not entitled to vote, unless my associates shall adjudge such person to be entitled to vote. That I will not receive or reject, nor concur in receiving or rejecting any vote through partiality or under bias, and that I will determine every matter that shall come before me and perform every act and duty by law required of me, touching the election, truly, faithfully and impartially, according to the best of my skill and judgment; that I will cause the ballots that shall be taken at such election to be fully read and ascertained, and a true statement thereof to be made, according to the best of my knowledge and ability; that I have not received, nor will I receive directly or indirectly from or through any candidate to be voted for at such election, or any other person, any money, pay or other valuable thing or reward; that I have not been promised, or in any manner been led to believe that I will at any time directly or indirectly receive any money, pay or other valuable thing or reward from such candidate or other person other than that provided by law and if I shall discover any partiality, unfairness or corruption in the conduct of the election, I shall disclose the same the Department of Elections that is conducting the election and to the Attorney General to the end that the subject may be investigated, so help me God (or so I solemnly affirm).”21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §§  7, 12;  Code 1915, §§  1746, 1751;  Code 1935, §§  1835, 1840;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4904;  75 Del. Laws, c. 232, §  52;
15 DE Code § 4905-4908. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter I. Procedure Prior to Opening Polls|§ 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.

§ 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 Feb. 1, 2006.
15 DE Code § 4909. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter I. Procedure Prior to Opening Polls|§ 4909. Administering and signing the oath.

§ 4909. Administering and signing the oath. (a) The oath required in § 4904 of this title shall be administered by the inspector to the judges, clerks and other election officers appointed in the election district. A judge shall then administer the oath to the inspector. (b) All election officers who are subscribing to the oath shall sign the oath of office. The inspector shall administer the oath to any election officer who was not present when the oath was administered to the other election officers. The election officer shall then sign the oath of office. 21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  12;  Code 1915, §  1751;  Code 1935, §  1840;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4909;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 232, §  54;
15 DE Code § 4911. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter I. Procedure Prior to Opening Polls|§ 4911. Display of flags, signs and maps at polling places.

§ 4911. Display of flags, signs and maps at polling places. (a) During the hours that a primary, general or special election is open, there shall be displayed at or near the entrance of each polling place so as to be readily visible a flag or poster bearing the words POLLING PLACE. The flag or poster shall be provided by the Department. (b) The Department shall print individual, large-size wall maps for each representative district within the State. The individual maps shall also designate the boundaries of all election districts within each representative district, with every polling place therein plainly marked on the map. (c) The representative district maps printed in compliance with this section shall be displayed in a prominent location in each polling place of such representative district during regular voting hours. Any voter shall be allowed access to said map to determine correct voting places, election districts and representative districts so long as there is no unreasonable interference with voting procedures. Code 1935, §  1759;  42 Del. Laws, c. 116, §  1;  43 Del. Laws, c. 124, §  1;  44 Del. Laws, c. 112, §  1;  45 Del. Laws, c. 148, §  27;  45 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  27;  15 Del. C. 1953, §§  4107, 4912;  55 Del. Laws, c. 458, §  2;  58 Del. Laws, c. 92;  58 Del. Laws, c. 148, §  78;  61 Del. Laws, c. 480, §  8;  67 Del. Laws, c. 354, §  28;  70 Del. Laws, c. 188, §  25;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  75;
15 DE Code § 4912. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter I. Procedure Prior to Opening Polls|§ 4912. Procedure prior to opening of polls.

§ 4912. Procedure prior to opening of polls. (a) The election officers of each election district shall arrive at the polling place 1 hour before the time set for opening of the polls and shall prepare the polling place for the conduct of the election. The election officers shall post conspicuously within the polling place an instruction poster and 2 sample ballots. (b) The election officers shall verify that the correct devices are in the polling place and that the serial numbers match the numbers on the certificate provided by the Department. The election officers shall report any irregularities with the devices to the Department office in the county where the voting device is located.  (c) The election officers shall observe the opening of the polls procedure for each voting device and ensure that the public counts and the card counts are zero. 19 Del. Laws, c. 37, §  15;  27 Del. Laws, c. 65, §  13;  Code 1915, §  1764;  Code 1935, §  1853;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4913;  49 Del. Laws, c. 294, §  15;  58 Del. Laws, c. 148, §  79;  70 Del. Laws, c. 506, §  7;  75 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  2;  75 Del. Laws, c. 232, §  58;  77 Del. Laws, c. 227, §  58;  82 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 23;
15 DE Code § 4913. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter I. Procedure Prior to Opening Polls|§ 4913. Presence of party representative to aid in qualification of election officers; presence of other persons.

§ 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 nominated a ticket and which is represented on the ballot then printed for any general or special election may at the opening of the election be present to aid in the proper qualification of the election officers, but as soon as the election officers shall be qualified or ready to open the election, or the proper hour therefor having arrived, such representatives of such political party shall immediately retire from the voting room or the place where the election is held. (b) No person, other than the election officers, and the party representatives mentioned in subsection (a) of this section shall enter the room in which the voting is to take place before the opening of the polls. 21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  16;  Code 1915, §  1755;  Code 1935, §  1844;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4915;
15 DE Code § 4931. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter II. Regulations Governing Conduct of Elections During Hours of Voting|§ 4931. Time and manner of opening election.

§ 4931. Time and manner of opening election. The general election shall be opened in every election district at 7: 00 in the morning, by the inspector making proclamation that the election is open. 21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  17;  23 Del. Laws, c. 57;  Code 1915, §  1756;  32 Del. Laws, c. 100, §  1;  Code 1935, §  1845;  44 Del. Laws, c. 124;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4931;  50 Del. Laws, c. 22, §  1;  50 Del. Laws, c. 172, §  1;
15 DE Code § 4933. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter II. Regulations Governing Conduct of Elections During Hours of Voting|§ 4933. Persons permitted in the voting room.

§ 4933. Persons permitted in the voting room. (a) The following persons shall be admitted to the voting room:  (1) Members and employees of the Department identified by a badge or written authorization; (2) The State Election Commissioner and the Commissioner's employees identified by a badge or written authorization; (3) Persons voting and waiting to vote, or a child lawfully accompanying such person pursuant to § 4937(e) of this title, or a person providing voter assistance pursuant to § 4943 of this title; (4) One challenger from a political party with a candidate on the ballot as provided in § 4934 of this title; (5) Any people accompanied by persons listed in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section above; (6) Persons with business in the building that is not connected to the election. For example: an athletic team picking up or dropping off equipment at their school. Such persons shall remain outside of the voting room except to pass through or by the voting room in the conduct of their business; (7) A person or persons deemed necessary to the conduct of the election by majority vote of the inspector and judges. (b) No other person except as noted below shall be permitted within 50 feet of any entrance to the building used by voters. (c) Media and persons conducting exit polls shall be permitted within the 50-foot exclusion zone, but may not talk to persons who have not voted while in the 50-foot exclusion zone. 21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §§  15, 16;  22 Del. Laws, c. 63;  Code 1915, §§  1754, 1755;  Code 1935, §§  1843, 1844;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4933;  57 Del. Laws, c. 181, §  53;  58 Del. Laws, c. 148, §  82;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 232, §  59;  77 Del. Laws, c. 227, §  2;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  76;  80 Del. Laws, c. 343, § 1;
15 DE Code § 4934. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter II. Regulations Governing Conduct of Elections During Hours of Voting|§ 4934. Challengers; appointment and powers.

§ 4934. Challengers; appointment and powers. (a) Each of the political parties, acting through their respective county committees, may appoint and accredit some suitable person as a challenger. One challenger from any political party which is represented by a candidate in that district may be present inside the polling place and shall be permitted to observe the conduct of the election and all the election records. The challengers may be changed and their places filled in like manner during the day. (b) The challengers shall be peace officers with the same powers preserving the peace as election officers and the challengers shall be protected in the discharge of their duty by the election officers; provided, however, the challengers shall not create any disturbance or obstruction and shall not unreasonably prolong any challenge or inquiry. The inspector and judges shall each have the duty to caution the challengers concerning the foregoing and, if the challenger persists, that challenger may be ejected by a majority vote of the judges and the inspector. Provided, further, that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent a substitution of another challenger for one who has been ejected. (c) If a challenger is ejected as provided in subsection (b) of this section and the inspector or judges who voted for such ejection wilfully voted for ejection without cause, each such inspector or judge so voting shall be deemed to have knowingly and wilfully violated that inspector's or judge's official duty. 19 Del. Laws, c. 37, §  2;  19 Del. Laws, c. 39, §  14;  20 Del. Laws, c. 396, §  3;  27 Del. Laws, c. 65, §  2;  Code 1915, §  1740;  Code 1935, §  1829;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4934;  57 Del. Laws, c. 181, §  54;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
15 DE Code § 4935. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter II. Regulations Governing Conduct of Elections During Hours of Voting|§ 4935. Special officers at entrance of polling place.

§ 4935. Special officers at entrance of polling place. Repealed by 75 Del. Laws, c. 232, § 60, effective Feb. 1, 2006.
15 DE Code § 4936. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter II. Regulations Governing Conduct of Elections During Hours of Voting|§ 4936. Order of voting; determination of challenge.

§ 4936. Order of voting; determination of challenge. Voters shall approach and enter the passage in the order in which they appear for the purpose of voting. If any person offering to vote is challenged by 1 of the challengers or by any 1 of the election officers, such person's right to vote shall be immediately determined in accordance with this title. If such person's vote is refused, that person shall be offered the right to vote by provisional ballot. If the person refuses to vote by provisional ballot, that person shall immediately stand aside, give place to the person next in line and leave the polling place. 19 Del. Laws, c. 37, §  17;  27 Del. Laws, c. 65, §  15;  Code 1915, §  1757;  Code 1935, §  1846;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4937;  57 Del. Laws, c. 181, §  57;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 232, §  61;
15 DE Code § 4938. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter II. Regulations Governing Conduct of Elections During Hours of Voting|§ 4938. Grounds for admitting a person to a voting machine.

§ 4938. Grounds for admitting a person to a voting machine. The election officers shall only admit to a voting machine a person whose name appears on the poll list, who is authorized to vote by the department of elections or who is authorized to vote by court order. 21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  19;  Code 1915, §  1773;  34 Del. Laws, c. 111, §  2;  Code 1935, §  1862;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4944;  50 Del. Laws, c. 172, §  3;  57 Del. Laws, c. 567, §  40;  58 Del. Laws, c. 148, §  85;  60 Del. Laws, c. 414, §  11;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 227, §  59;
15 DE Code § 4939. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter II. Regulations Governing Conduct of Elections During Hours of Voting|§ 4939. Determination of challenge based on identity of voter.

§ 4939. Determination of challenge based on identity of voter. If a vote is objected to for the reason that the person offering to vote is not the person whose original permanent registration record appears in the Election District Record, its admission or rejection shall be determined according to the opinion of a majority of the inspector and judges. 21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  19;  Code 1915, §  1773;  34 Del. Laws, c. 111, §  2;  Code 1935, §  1862;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4945;  50 Del. Laws, c. 172, §  4;  58 Del. Laws, c. 148, §  86;
15 DE Code § 4940. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter II. Regulations Governing Conduct of Elections During Hours of Voting|§ 4940. Disqualification because of bribery; determination of challenge.

§ 4940. Disqualification because of bribery; determination of challenge. (a) No person who receives or accepts or offers to receive or accept, or pays, transfers or delivers, or offers or promises to pay, transfer or deliver, or contributes or offers or promises to contribute to another to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing as a compensation, inducement or reward for the registering or abstaining from registering of any one qualified to register or for giving or withholding or in any manner influencing the giving or withholding a vote at any general election in this State, shall vote at such election unless such person being challenged for any of said causes takes and subscribes to the following oath or affirmation, which shall be administered by the inspector:  “I, ________________________________ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have not received or accepted, or offered to receive or accept, paid or transferred or delivered, or offered or promised to pay, transfer or deliver, or contributed or offered or promised to contribute to another to be paid or used any money or other valuable thing as compensation, inducement or reward for the registering or abstaining from registering of any one qualified to register, or for the giving or withholding a vote at this election.  Signed ________________________________________________________________ Sworn and subscribed to before me this ________ day of November, A. D. ________ ________________________________________________________________ Inspector.” (b) Such oath or affirmation shall be conclusive evidence to the election officers of the truth of such oath or affirmation, but if any such oath or affirmation shall be false, the person making the same shall be guilty of perjury, and no conviction thereof shall bar any prosecution under § 8 of Article V of the Constitution of this State. Such oath or affirmation, when signed and attested as provided in this section, shall be competent evidence in any proceeding against the party making the same. (c) In order to enable the election officers to carry into effect this section, the Department shall cause to be prepared not less than 15 blank forms of the oath or affirmation provided for in this section and shall cause said oaths to be delivered to each inspector in each of the election districts of that inspector's county at the time provided in § 4509 of this title. 21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  19;  Code 1915, §  1773;  34 Del. Laws, c. 111, §  2;  Code 1935, §  1862;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4946;  55 Del. Laws, c. 67;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  77;
15 DE Code § 4941. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter II. Regulations Governing Conduct of Elections During Hours of Voting|§ 4941. Residency of voter.

§ 4941. Residency of voter. If a vote is objected to for the reason that the person is not a bona fide resident of the election district in whose record that person's name appears, the following rules shall apply:  (1) If any person who has resided within this State actually moves outside this State with the intention of remaining there for an indefinite time as a place of present domicile, such person shall lose that person's own qualification of residence within the State, notwithstanding any floating intention that person may entertain to return at some future time. (2) A person registered to vote in the State who has moved from an address or residence located within 1 election district within the State to another address or residence within another elections district within the State shall be permitted to vote at the polling place for that person's new residence or address.15 Del. C. 1953, §  4947;  58 Del. Laws, c. 215, §  35;  60 Del. Laws, c. 414, §  12;  61 Del. Laws, c. 480, §  14;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 188, §  26;  77 Del. Laws, c. 227, §  60;  81 Del. Laws, c. 113, § 1;
15 DE Code § 4942. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 49. Conduct of Election|Subchapter II. Regulations Governing Conduct of Elections During Hours of Voting|§ 4942. Electioneering in polling place; penalties; definitions.

§ 4942. Electioneering in polling place; penalties; definitions. (a) No election officer, challenger or any other person within the polling place or within 50 feet of the entrance to the building in which the voting room is located shall electioneer during the conduct of the election. No political headquarters or gathering shall be permitted within that building during the conduct of the election. (b) Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 90 days, or both. (c) Whoever, being an election officer, violates subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed to have knowingly and wilfully violated that election officer's own official duty. (d) For the purposes of this section the following definition shall apply:  “Electioneering” includes political discussion of issues, candidates or partisan topics, the wearing of any button, banner or other object referring to issues, candidates or partisan topics, the display, distribution or other handling of literature or any writing or drawing referring to issues, candidates or partisan topics, the deliberate projection of sound referring to issues, candidates or partisan topics from loudspeakers or otherwise into the polling place or the area within 50 feet of the entrance to the building in which the voting room is located. 19 Del. Laws, c. 39, §  31;  Code 1915, §  1793;  Code 1935, §  1882;  45 Del. Laws, c. 154, §  16;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  4949;  57 Del. Laws, c. 181, §  63;  58 Del. Laws, c. 148, §  88;  58 Del. Laws, c. 215, §  36;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;