Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 1102 – Voter registration drive standards
(a) Persons and entities registering people to vote within the State shall keep a log of all voter registration applications solicited, deliver all applications for Delaware citizens and a copy of the log covering those applications to the State Election Commissioner or the Department within 10 days of soliciting the applications, deliver the applications for citizens of other states to the chief election official of those states, and list the person or group conducting the voter registration drive along with the name of the solicitor on each application.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 1102
- Ballot: means those portions of cardboard, paper or other material to be placed within the ballot frames of a voting machine or to be used for absentee voting in order to list the names of the offices to be voted for, the name of each candidate and the designation of the party by which the candidate is nominated, a space for the voter to write in the name of any candidate of that voter's choice for any office, and the statement of any question submitted with provision for a "yes" or "no" vote. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- Department: means the State Department of Elections, consisting of the State Board of Elections and such staff as the Board shall appoint under this title, but shall not include the State Election Commissioner. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- political party: means any political organization which elects a state committee and officers of a state committee, by a state convention composed of delegates elected from each representative district in which the party has registered members, and which nominates candidates for electors of President and Vice-President, or nominates candidates for offices to be decided at the general election. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Each voter registration application solicited during a voter registration drive shall include a sequential application number for tracking purposes.
(c) The log required above shall include the name of the person or organization conducting the drive, the inclusive dates that the applications listed thereon were collected, and a list of the full name of the applicant and associated application number for each application collected.
(d) Persons and groups conducting voter registration drives within the State should register with the State Election Commissioner or the Department using a form promulgated by the State Election Commissioner.
(e) Persons collecting voter registration applications should have each applicant initial their party affiliation selection.
(f) Persons collecting voter registration applications in order for a political party to obtain ballot status shall clearly communicate to each applicant that by completing the voter registration application they may be changing their political party affiliation.
75 Del. Laws, c. 232, § ?7; 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § ?2; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § ?16;