(a) A citizen and permanent resident of the State of Delaware who maintains a residence in the State may submit a State of Delaware Voter Registration Application or any registration application promulgated by the federal government.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 1902

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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
  • 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) A citizen eligible to vote under the provisions of this chapter who does not maintain a residence within the State of Delaware may register to vote by submitting a federal Post Card Application, federal Write-in Absentee Ballot, or any other registration application promulgated by the federal government under the provisions of the UOCAVA [52 U.S.C. § 20301 et seq.] as amended.

(c) The deadline for the Department to receive an application to register to vote under the provisions of this chapter is the third Monday prior to a primary or general election. Applications received after a deadline shall be held and processed on the first business day following that election.

(d) The Department shall accept electronic transmissions of signed registration applications specified in this section.

(e) The Department shall immediately notify any person whose application to register to vote was rejected and provide such person the reason or reasons for rejection and information on how to appeal the rejection.

75 Del. Laws, c. 232, § ?19; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § ?26;