Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 4909 – Administering and signing the oath
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(a) The oath required in § 4904 of this title shall be administered by the inspector to the judges, clerks and other election officers appointed in the election district. A judge shall then administer the oath to the inspector.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 4909
- Election officers: means the inspector of election, the 2 judges of election and the clerks of election who are appointed for each election district under § 4702 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- Inspector: means inspector of elections. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- Judge: means judge of elections. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- Oath: includes affirmation in all cases where an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and "sworn" includes affirmed; and the forms shall be varied accordingly. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
(b) All election officers who are subscribing to the oath shall sign the oath of office. The inspector shall administer the oath to any election officer who was not present when the oath was administered to the other election officers. The election officer shall then sign the oath of office.
21 Del. Laws, c. 38, § ?12; Code 1915, § ?1751; Code 1935, § ?1840; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?4909; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 232, § ?54;