Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 2048 – Change of name
(a) A registered voter who has legally changed such voter’s own name by marriage or other legal means should apply to update such voter’s voter registration record with the new information.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 2048
- 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
- Registration record: means a voter's registration record maintained in the State's Election Management System, the list or file of registered voters sent to each election district for use by election officers on the day of the election, and until determined obsolete, it also applies to a voter's record maintained in the county master file. 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) Such registered voter may apply to update such voter’s record on the day of a primary, general or special election at the polling place for the election district where such voter is registered or at the polling place for the election district for such voter’s new address in accordance with procedures as set forth by the State Election Commissioner.
(c) The State Election Commissioner shall set forth the procedures to implement subsection (b) of this section above in collaboration with the Department.
(d) Deadlines for registering to vote shall not apply to changes of name.
Code 1935, § ?1719; 46 Del. Laws, c. 152, § ?1; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?1750; 65 Del. Laws, c. 471, § ?1; 67 Del. Laws, c. 354, § ?15; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 188, § ?21; 72 Del. Laws, c. 275, § ?5; 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, §§ ?2, 30; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § ?41;