(a) For each county, the State Board of Elections shall appoint:

(1) A county director who shall be a member of the same political party as the State Election Commissioner and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board;

(2) A deputy county director who shall be nominated and elected by the members of the Board of the opposite political party of the State Election Commissioner and who shall serve at the pleasure of same. In the nomination and election of a deputy county director, § 209 of this title shall not be applicable.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 211

  • Board: means that body of individuals appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate to serve or who otherwise serve as the State Board of Elections in accordance with Chapter 2 of this title, and are, as such, vested with the responsibility and power to see to the administration of the election laws of this State as more particularly defined in this title. 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
  • United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302

(b) Each county director shall assist the Department of Elections in carrying out its duties and responsibilities in the county for which the county director is appointed and, subject to the policies and directives of the Board, shall see to it that the work of the Department in such county is performed in a proper and nonpartisan manner.

(c) Each deputy county director shall assist the county director in the county for which such deputy county director is appointed.

(d) Each county director and deputy county director shall be a citizen of the United States and a qualified elector of the county in which he or she serves.

(e) The salary of each county director and deputy county director shall be as provided in the Budget Act and shall be uniform for each county.

(f) The county director and deputy county director of a county, if in agreement, may authorize a person to vote whose application to register to vote at the Division of Motor Vehicles was never completed as required elsewhere in this title. The person shall follow the procedures set forth by the State Election Commissioner prior to being permitted to vote.

(g) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, those persons who held the positions of director and deputy director, respectively, of each county department of elections immediately prior to July 1, 2015, shall assume automatically the position of county director and deputy county director, respectively, in the county for which he or she was appointed. Each initial county director and initial deputy county director shall be bound by and subject to the provisions of this section, and to this title generally, to the same extent as if he or she was appointed by the Board in accordance with this section.

19 Del. Laws, c. 39, § ?2; 21 Del. Laws, c. 40, § ?2; Code 1915, § ?1659; 40 Del. Laws, c. 141, § ?1; Code 1935, § ?1746; 42 Del. Laws, c. 115, § ?3; 45 Del. Laws, c. 147, § ?1; 45 Del. Laws, c. 148, § ?5; 45 Del. Laws, c. 149, § ?5; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?112; 50 Del. Laws, c. 630, § ?1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 181, § ?9; 58 Del. Laws, c. 148, §§ ?12-14; 58 Del. Laws, c. 571; 61 Del. Laws, c. 418, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, §§ ?1, 5, 6; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § ?7;

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