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15 DE Code § 5523. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 55. Absentee Voting|§ 5523. Logic and accuracy testing of absentee ballot tabulating equipment; authority of the State Election Commissioner.

§ 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 offices, shall promulgate rules and regulations relating to logic and accuracy testing of absentee ballot tabulating machines. (b) Rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this section shall ensure that:  (1) All machines are thoroughly tested immediately following maintenance and programming thereof to determine whether:  a. The voting system is properly programmed; b. The election is correctly defined on the voting system; and c. All of the voting system input, output, and communication devices are working properly; (2) Any machine deemed unsatisfactory shall be recoded, repaired, or replaced and shall be retested; (3) Machines are publicly tested prior to use to ascertain that they will correctly count votes cast for all offices and all measures in the upcoming election; (4) Public notice of public tests is given at least 7 days prior to the tests being conducted; (5) The resetting and sealing of each publicly tested machine is witnessed by the election officials, representatives of the political parties, and any candidates or candidate representatives who were in attendance; (6) Each publicly tested machine is secured following the test in a state of readiness until the day of the election; and (7) Records are kept of all pre-election testing of each absentee ballot tabulating machine which shall be present and available for inspection and reference during public pre-election testing of that machine by any person in attendance during such testing.75 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  95;  82 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 46;
15 DE Code § 5524. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 55. Absentee Voting|§ 5524. Emergency authority for the State Election Commissioner.

§ 5524. Emergency authority for the State Election Commissioner. (a) In the event that a national or local emergency makes substantial compliance with the provisions of this title and/or the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. § 20301 et seq.) impossible or unreasonable for some of all of the citizens covered under § 5502(1) or (2) of this title, the State Election Commissioner may direct the use of special procedures to facilitate absentee voting for those citizens directly affected who are eligible to vote in the State. Such an emergency may be a natural and/or humanitarian disaster; and/or armed conflict involving United States Armed Forces to include mobilized State National Guard and/or Reserve components. (b) The State Election Commissioner shall consult with the Governor and the Federal Voting Assistance Program or its successor prior to directing the use of the special procedures cited in subsection (a) of this section. (c) The State Election Commissioner, in collaboration with the Department, shall promulgate special procedures to be followed in the event that such a national or local emergency occurs. 74 Del. Laws, c. 168, §  16;  75 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 227, §  2;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  95;
15 DE Code § 5525. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 55. Absentee Voting|§ 5525. Electronic delivery of absentee ballots.

§ 5525. Electronic delivery of absentee ballots. (a) The provisions of this section apply to persons eligible to vote under the provisions of the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, as amended, 52 U.S.C. § 20301, et seq. (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, upon receipt of a written request on a federal post card application that includes an applicant's electronic address, the Department shall electronically deliver to an applicant that applicant's own absentee ballot, appropriate instructions and any other information the applicant needs to vote and return that applicant's own ballot. (c) The Department shall transmit to the applicant an absentee ballot, instructions and other necessary information within 3 business days following receipt of a request from an applicant. If ballots are not available when the Department receives this request, the Department shall transmit a ballot, instructions and other necessary information to the applicant within 5 business days after the ballots become available. (d) An applicant who is sent a ballot electronically may return such ballot via postal mail, courier or electronic means in accordance with the instructions sent with the ballot. A voter who returns a ballot electronically is deemed to have acknowledged that there may be situations where the secrecy of that voter's ballot cannot be guaranteed. (e) A person who returns a ballot electronically shall also return a signed oath and identification information with the ballot. The oath may be signed digitally as provided in the instructions sent by the Department to the voter. (f) The State Election Commissioner, in collaboration with the Department offices, shall establish procedures for electronically delivering an absentee ballot to a voter with instructions for the voter to follow in voting and electronically returning the voter's ballot to the Department office in the county in which the voter resides.  76 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 134, §  4;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  95;  82 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 47;
15 DE Code § 5526. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 55. Absentee Voting|§ 5526. System for voters to determine status of their absentee ballots.

§ 5526. System for voters to determine status of their absentee ballots. The State Election Commissioner, in collaboration with the Department offices, shall establish a free access system accessible via the Internet through which a person who applied for an absentee ballot can determine whether or not the ballot application was received, when the ballot was transmitted, when the voted ballot was received by the Department, and whether or not the ballot was counted. 77 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  7;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  95;  82 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 48;
15 DE Code § 5527. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 55. Absentee Voting|§ 5527. Authority to implement provisions of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act.

§ 5527. Authority to implement provisions of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act. The State Election Commissioner, in collaboration with the Department offices, shall implement those provisions of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act (52 U.S.C. § 20301 et seq.) not specifically mandated by this chapter. 77 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  8;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  95;  82 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 49;
15 DE Code § 5701. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 57. Canvass of Vote and Proclamation of Results of Election|§ 5701. Superior Court as board of canvass; convening and composition of Court.

§ 5701. Superior Court as board of canvass; convening and composition of Court. (a) The Superior Court shall convene in each county on the second day after the general election at 10 a.m., for the performance of the duties imposed upon it by § 6 of article V of the Constitution of this State and by this chapter. Thereupon the Court, with the aid of such of its officers and such sworn assistants as it shall appoint, shall publicly ascertain the state of the election throughout the county and in the respective election districts by calculating the aggregate amount of all the votes for each office that shall have been given in all of the election districts of the county for every person voted for such office. For this purpose, the Court shall utilize the voting machine recording tapes, voting machine certificates, absentee vote tally sheets and write-in vote tally sheets for each election district provided by the Prothonotary and the Department, whose representatives shall sit as observers and assistants to the Court during said calculation of the vote. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, the Superior Court shall consist in New Castle County of the President Judge and the Resident Judge; in Kent County of the Resident Judge and a Judge designated by the President Judge; and in Sussex County of the Resident Judge and a Judge designated by the President Judge. For the purpose of this chapter, the Superior Court in each county, as so constituted, shall be a board of canvass for the respective counties of this State. Code 1852, §  402;  21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  23;  Code 1915, §§  1777, 1859;  Code 1935, §§  1866, 1978;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  5701;  61 Del. Laws, c. 480, §  18;  72 Del. Laws, c. 434, §  1;  76 Del. Laws, c. 213, §  39;  79 Del. Laws, c. 25, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  96;
15 DE Code § 5702. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 57. Canvass of Vote and Proclamation of Results of Election|§ 5702. Duties of Court.

§ 5702. Duties of Court. (a) Whenever the voting machine recording tapes, voting machine certificates, absentee vote tally sheets, write-in vote tally sheets and absentee ballot box for any election district are not produced when the Court convenes or whenever any voting machine is not available by 12: 00 noon, the Court may issue summary process against the election officers of such election district or any other persons to bring such documents or objects forthwith into the Court or to make them available for inspection by the Court. (b) Whenever the documents produced do not agree or there is a complaint under oath of fraud or mistake in any such document, or if fraud, mistake or omission is apparent on the face of such document, the Court shall:  (1) Open and examine the necessary voting machines and/or absentee ballot boxes; (2) Make a recount of the votes contained therein; (3) Correct any fraud, mistake or omission in any document or paper relating to the election. (c) Any candidate for statewide office in a general election may apply to the Court for a recount of all the ballots cast and recorded for such office if the number of votes separating such candidate and the closest opposing candidate is less than 1,000 votes or less than one half of one percent of all votes cast for the two candidates, whichever amount is less. Such recount shall thereupon be conducted by the Court at state expense. The request for a recount under this subsection must be presented before the adjournment of the board of canvass for the election in question and any recount that takes place shall not extend beyond the petitioner's contest. (d) The Court shall also receive from the Department a report of the number of absentee ballots delivered to each election district, from which it shall determine and make certain that all these ballots are recorded on the absentee vote tally sheets for each election district receiving absentee ballots, either in the total number of ballots counted or in the number of ballots rejected. (e) If the number of votes separating a candidate and the closest opposing candidate in an election for State Senator, State Representative, or county office is less than 1,000 votes or 1/2 of 1% of all votes cast for the 2 candidates, whichever is less, the Court shall recount the ballots cast in that election at state expense. 21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  23;  Code 1915, §  1777;  Code 1935, §  1866;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  5702;  58 Del. Laws, c. 215, §  39;  61 Del. Laws, c. 480, §  19;  65 Del. Laws, c. 519, §  1;  72 Del. Laws, c. 434, §§  2, 3;  75 Del. Laws, c. 232, §  65;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  96;  82 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 50;
15 DE Code § 5703. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 57. Canvass of Vote and Proclamation of Results of Election|§ 5703. Vote required for election.

§ 5703. Vote required for election. In all elections, unless it be otherwise expressly provided, a plurality or the highest number of votes shall make a choice, except where this principle is defeated by 2 or more persons having the same and the highest number of votes for the same office. Code 1852, §  300;  Code 1915, §  1811;  Code 1935, §  1900;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  5703;
15 DE Code § 5704. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 57. Canvass of Vote and Proclamation of Results of Election|§ 5704. Votes for President and Vice-President as votes for their electors.

§ 5704. Votes for President and Vice-President as votes for their electors. The Court shall calculate the votes given for the candidates for President and Vice-President of a political party as votes given for each and all the electors of President and Vice-President of such party, the names of whom are on file with the State Election Commissioner and as certified to the Court by the State Election Commissioner, and the Court shall make its certificates accordingly in the form and manner provided by §§ 5705-5707 of this title. Code 1935, §  1814A;  44 Del. Laws, c. 119, §  4;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  5704;  61 Del. Laws, c. 480, §  20;
15 DE Code § 5705. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 57. Canvass of Vote and Proclamation of Results of Election|§ 5705. Certificates of the results of the election; number required.

§ 5705. Certificates of the results of the election; number required. (a) After the state of the election has been ascertained by calculating the votes, the Court shall make, under the seal of the Court, the certificates of the results of the election as provided in this section and §§ 5706 and 5707 of this title. (b) The number of such certificates to be prepared by the Court for each office shall be as follows:  Electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, 3; Governor, 4; Lieutenant Governor, 4; Senator in the Senate of the United States, 2; Representative in the House of Representatives of the United States, 2; Attorney General, 4; Insurance Commissioner, 4; State Treasurer, 4; Auditor of Accounts, 4; Senator to the General Assembly, 2 for each Senator; Representative to the General Assembly, 2 for each Representative; Clerk of the Peace, 2; Register of Wills, 2; Recorder, 2; Levy Court Commissioner, 1 for each Commissioner; Receiver of Taxes and County Treasurer, 1; Sheriff, 2; County Executive of New Castle County, 1; County Council member of New Castle County, 1 for each Council member; County Council member of Sussex County, 1 for each Council member.21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  25;  Code 1915, §  1779;  Code 1935, §  1868;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  5705;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  34B;  57 Del. Laws, c. 762, §  33B;  72 Del. Laws, c. 434, §  4;  73 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  10;  80 Del. Laws, c. 209, § 8;
15 DE Code § 5707. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 57. Canvass of Vote and Proclamation of Results of Election|§ 5707. Enclosing certificates in envelopes.

§ 5707. Enclosing certificates in envelopes. The Court shall enclose and seal up each certificate separately in an envelope, with an endorsement thereon describing the certificate enclosed. Upon the paper enclosing the certificates of the election of Senator or Representative in the General Assembly the name of the person chosen shall be endorsed. 21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  25;  Code 1915, §  1779;  Code 1935, §  1868;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  5707;
15 DE Code § 5708. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 57. Canvass of Vote and Proclamation of Results of Election|§ 5708. Tie vote; certificate.

§ 5708. Tie vote; certificate. If, by reason of an equal number of votes having been cast for 2 or more persons for the office of Senator or Representative in the General Assembly, clerk of the peace, register of wills, recorder, levy court commissioner, receiver of taxes and county treasurer, sheriff, county executive or county council member, it appears to the Court that a vacancy will occur in the office, a certificate of such fact shall thereupon be made under the hands of the Court, and under its seal, which certificate shall be transmitted by the Court to the Governor, and such certificate shall be delivered as provided in § 5709 of this title. 21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  27;  Code 1915, §  1781;  Code 1935, §  1870;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  5708;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  34E;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  72 Del. Laws, c. 434, §  7;  73 Del. Laws, c. 91, §  12;  80 Del. Laws, c. 209, § 10;
15 DE Code § 5710. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 57. Canvass of Vote and Proclamation of Results of Election|§ 5710. Certification and proclamation by Governor of results of election of state officers.

§ 5710. Certification and proclamation by Governor of results of election of state officers. The Governor, after receiving the certificates of the results of the election in each county, under the seal of the Superior Court, for the office of Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, State Treasurer and Auditor of Accounts, or any of whom shall have been voted for at the preceding general election, shall, without delay, examine the returns and declare the persons elected, and shall issue certificates of such election under the Governor's own hand, and the same, together with the aforesaid certificates of the results of the election in each county, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and the Governor shall by proclamation make public the state of the vote by causing the same to be published in 1 or more of the public newspapers of the respective counties of this State, and shall issue commissions to the persons. 21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  32;  Code 1915, §  1786;  Code 1935, §  1875;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  5711;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
15 DE Code § 5711. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 57. Canvass of Vote and Proclamation of Results of Election|§ 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].

§ 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 the Superior Court, of the results of the election in each county for electors of President and Vice President of the United States, shall without delay examine the certificates and ascertain the electors chosen, and make known the same by proclamation, and cause notice of the elector's election to be transmitted to each elector. The Governor shall also cause 3 lists of the names of the electors, duly made and certified, to be delivered to the electors, according to the Act of Congress in that behalf on or before the day appointed for their meeting. Code 1852, §§  402, 403;  Code 1915, §§  1859, 1860;  Code 1935, §§  1978, 1979;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  5712;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  82 Del. Laws, c. 7, § 3;
15 DE Code § 5711. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 57. Canvass of Vote and Proclamation of Results of Election|§ 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].

§ 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) of this title and shall, without delay, do all of the following to appoint the electors of President and Vice President of the United States:  (1) Examine the certificates under the seal of the Superior Court. (2) Appoint electors under subchapter I of Chapter 43A of this title. (3) Make known the appointment of electors by proclamation. (4) Transmit notice of the elector's election to each elector. (5) Deliver 3 lists of the names of the electors, duly made and certified, to the electors, according to the Act of Congress in that behalf on or before the day appointed for their meeting.Code 1852, §§  402, 403;  Code 1915, §§  1859, 1860;  Code 1935, §§  1978, 1979;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  5712;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  82 Del. Laws, c. 7, § 3;  82 Del. Laws, c. 7, § 4;
15 DE Code § 5712. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 57. Canvass of Vote and Proclamation of Results of Election|§ 5712. Representative in the Congress of the United States; announcement and certification of election.

§ 5712. Representative in the Congress of the United States; announcement and certification of election. The Governor, after receiving the certificates, under the seal of the Superior Court, of the results of the election in each county for Representative in the Congress of the United States, shall without delay examine such certificates and declare the person elected, and shall issue certificates of such election, 1 of which the Governor shall transmit to the Secretary of State of the United States, and 1 to the person elected, under the Governor's own hand and the Great Seal of the State. The certificates of the result of the election in each county shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The Governor shall by proclamation make public the state of the vote by causing the same to be published in 1 or more of the public newspapers of this State. Code 1852, §  414;  Code 1915, §  1879;  Code 1935, §  1998;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  5713;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
15 DE Code § 5713. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 57. Canvass of Vote and Proclamation of Results of Election|§ 5713. United States Senator; announcement and certification of election; form.

§ 5713. United States Senator; announcement and certification of election; form. (a) The Governor, after receiving the certificates under the seal of the Superior Court, of the results of the election in each county for Senator from this State in the Senate of the United States, shall issue certificates of such election and deliver and file the same and shall, by proclamation, make public the state of the vote, in the same manner and form, by the same persons and officers, and under the same regulations in all respects as is provided in § 5712 of this title for the election of Representative in Congress. (b) The Governor shall certify the election or appointment of any Senator elected or appointed as provided by law, under the Great Seal of the State, to the President of the Senate of the United States. Such certificate shall be countersigned by the Secretary of State. (c) The certificate, in case of an election, may be according to the following form:  “To the President of the Senate of the United States: Be it known that at an election, in due manner held according to the form of the Act of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, and of the Act of Congress in such case made and provided, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of the month of November, . . . . ., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was elected to be a Senator from the said State in the Senate of the United States for the constitutional term to commence at noon on the third day of January A. D. . . . . . . .. Given under our hands in obedience to the said Act of the General Assembly and of the said Act of Congress this . . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . A. D. . . . . . . .”Code 1915, §§  1889, 1892;  Code 1935, §§  2008, 2010;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  5714;
15 DE Code § 5714. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 15 - Elections|Chapter 57. Canvass of Vote and Proclamation of Results of Election|§ 5714. Costs.

§ 5714. Costs. All necessary costs and expenses incurred in carrying out the duties of this chapter including compensation of all personnel involved shall be paid by the State Treasurer from any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 15 Del. C. 1953, §  5717;  57 Del. Laws, c. 567, §  53;  66 Del. Laws, c. 53, §  1;