Delaware § 5508 Time limit for return of ballot; late ballots

Delaware Statutes

§ 5508 — Time limit for return of ballot; late ballots

Delaware § 5508

Title15

PartGeneral Elections

Ch. 55ABSENTEE VOTING

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 15, § 5508 (2026).

Text

(a)The Department shall endorse the date and time of receipt on the ballot envelope of each absentee ballot received thereby.

(b)For an absentee ballot to be counted under this chapter, an elector voting by absentee ballot shall return the elector marked ballot to the Department office of the county in which the voter resides before the polls close on the day of the election.

(c)The Department shall retain unopened any ballot envelope it receives after the polls close on the day of the election until the last day of February next after the election, or longer if directed by proper authority or required to do so by federal law.

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(a) The Department shall endorse the date and time of receipt on the ballot envelope of each absentee ballot received thereby.

(b) For an absentee ballot to be counted under this chapter, an elector voting by absentee ballot shall return the elector marked ballot to the Department office of the county in which the voter resides before the polls close on the day of the election.

(c) The Department shall retain unopened any ballot envelope it receives after the polls close on the day of the election until the last day of February next after the election, or longer if directed by proper authority or required to do so by federal law.

Legislative History

44 Del. Laws, c. 118, § 11 ; 45 Del. Laws, c. 155, § 10 ; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 5511; 49 Del. Laws, c. 278, § 8 ; 50 Del. Laws, c. 173, § 3 ; 52 Del. Laws, c. 92, §§ 1, 2 ; 58 Del. Laws, c. 148, § 129 ; 68 Del. Laws, c. 301, § 6 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 75 Del. Laws, c. 149, § 1 ; 75 Del. Laws, c. 427, § 7 ; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § 89 ; 82 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 45