Delaware § 5942 Irregularities not invalidating election

Delaware Statutes

§ 5942 — Irregularities not invalidating election

Delaware § 5942

JurisdictionDelaware

Title15

PartGeneral Elections

Ch. 59CONTESTED ELECTIONS

Subch.Other Offices

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Del. Code tit. 15, § 5942 (2026).

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No inequality or improper conduct in the proceedings of the election officers or clerks or any one of them, shall be construed to amount to such malconduct as to annul or set aside any election unless the inequality or improper conduct shall have been such as to procure the person whose right to the office may be contested to be declared duly elected when he or she has not received the highest number of legal votes cast at the election.

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No inequality or improper conduct in the proceedings of the election officers or clerks or any one of them, shall be construed to amount to such malconduct as to annul or set aside any election unless the inequality or improper conduct shall have been such as to procure the person whose right to the office may be contested to be declared duly elected when he or she has not received the highest number of legal votes cast at the election.