(a) (1) For each election, the party emblem adopted by each political party and its name shall appear on the ballot with the names of its candidates, arranged in line with the titles of the offices for which they are contesting, along with space for the voter to write in the name of any candidate of that voter’s choice, as prescribed under § 5005A(b) of this title.

(2) In those years in which a President and Vice President of the United States are to be elected, the ballot must be designated “Presidential, Vice Presidential, State, County, and District Ballot”; in other years, the ballot must be designated “State, County, and District Ballot”.

(3) The names of all candidates of any party must be placed under the title and device of such party as designated in the certificate filed with the Department by the party’s authorized agent or, if none is designated, under some suitable title or device to be selected by the Department.

(4) When a President and Vice President are to be elected, the names of the candidates for those offices must be placed at the top of the list of candidates for all offices to be voted upon.

(5) The device named and chosen and the lists of candidates of the Democratic Party must be placed in the first column on the left-hand side of the ballot, of the Republican Party in the second column, and of any other party, and the space for the voter to write in the name of any candidate of that voter’s choice for any office, in such order as the Department decides.

(6) The names of unaffiliated candidates must appear in alphabetical order, under the heading “Unaffiliated Candidates”, after the listing of various political parties.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 4502

  • 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
  • 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) All ballots for the same election shall be of uniform size, of the same quality and color of paper and sufficiently thick that the printing cannot be distinguished from the back. The arrangement of the ballots shall in general conform, as nearly as possible, to the sample ballot set forth in this section.

(c) The ballots prepared in accordance with this chapter shall conform as far as possible to the following design except that the write-in column may be placed on either side of the ballot.

OFFICIAL BALLOT
Presidential, Vice Presidential, State,
County and District Ballot
WRITE IN PARTYEMBLEMName of Party PARTYEMBLEMName of Party PARTYEMBLEMName of Party
For President JOHN DOE JOHN DOE JOHN DOE
For Vice President JOHN DOE JOHN DOE JOHN DOE
For United States Senator JOHN DOE JOHN DOE JOHN DOE
For Representative in Congress JOHN DOE JOHN DOE JOHN DOE
For Governor JOHN DOE JOHN DOE JOHN DOE
For Lieutenant Governor JOHN DOE JOHN DOE JOHN DOE
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