(a) In order to prosecute an appeal, the person taking the same shall notify the Department or registration officers of the decision from which the appeal is taken and also the person affected by the appeal, stating in the notice the time when the appeal will be presented.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 2102

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Registration officers: means the registrar, assistant registrar and alternate registrars appointed by the Department as defined in this section. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101

(b) To take an appeal from a decision of the registration officers it shall not be necessary for the appellant to declare that appellant’s own intention so to do to the registration officers other than by the notice to the Department and the registration officers as provided in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) No entry in the registration records with respect to an appeal shall affect the right to appeal.

21 Del. Laws, c. 36, § ?11; Code 1915, § ?1636; 34 Del. Laws, c. 106, § ?1; Code 1935, §§ ?1723, 1744; 45 Del. Laws, c. 145, § ?15; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?2102; 49 Del. Laws, c. 4, § ?5; 50 Del. Laws, c. 171, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § ?46;