Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 2113 – Registration appeal dockets
(a) The Department shall provide books of permanent record to be known as “registration appeal dockets,” in which a permanent record shall be made and preserved of all registration appeals made to, and acted upon by, the court hearing registration appeals. The dockets shall contain the following information in respect to each appeal:
(1) Date of the appeal;
(2) Name of the appellee;
(3) The ground or grounds of each appeal;
(4) The name of the person or persons making the affidavit or affidavits on each appeal;
(5) The determination of the court on each of the grounds of appeal asserted in each such appeal.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 2113
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- 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.
- court: as used in this chapter shall mean either the Resident Judge of the county in which the person appealing the decision resides, or, in case of such judge's disability or absence from the county, any judge entitled to sit in the Supreme Court. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 2101
- 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
- Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
(b) The docket may contain such other information or data as may be required to make a complete record of each appeal acted upon. All entries in the dockets shall be under the supervision and direction of the court and the record of each appeal shall be approved by the court hearing the appeal. The record of each appeal shall fully disclose each and every ground upon which the appeal is filed. The registration appeal dockets shall remain in the care and custody of the Department and shall be produced before the court by the Department whenever required by the court sitting for the purpose of hearing appeals.
45 Del. Laws, c. 148, § ?35; 45 Del. Laws, c. 149, § ?35; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?2113; 50 Del. Laws, c. 171, § ?1; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § ?46;