Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 5606A – Requirements for ballot envelope; numbering and coding; voter …
(a) With each mail ballot, the Department shall also provide each elector an envelope that is all of the following:
(1) A color other than white.
(2) Large enough to hold a completed ballot.
(3) Designed to protect its contents from tampering, removal, or substitution without detection.
(4) Addressed for return to the Department.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 5606A
- 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
- Signature: means both a written signature conforming to § 302(23) of Title 1 and a digital or electronic signature that is an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document as specified by the State Election Commissioner. 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
(b) All of the following must appear on each envelope provided under subsection (a) of this section:
(1) The words “BALLOT ENVELOPE”.
(2) An alphanumeric symbol or barcode for use in accounting for the mail ballot.
(3) Identification information for the elector receiving the mail ballot, including all of the following:
a. The name of the county within which the elector is domiciled.
b. The elector’s name.
c. The elector’s address.
d. The elector’s election district.
e. The elector’s representative district.
f. Any other information required by the Department.
(4) The following oath:
“I do solemnly swear (affirm) that to the best of my knowledge I am eligible to vote in the State of Delaware and that my voting address is as it appears on the label on this envelope. I also do solemnly swear (affirm) under penalty of perjury that I have not received or accepted, or offered to receive or accept, any money or other item of value as compensation, inducement, or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at this election, nor that I am acting under duress or threat of duress or harm.”
(5) A designated space for the elector’s signature.
(6) A designated space for the elector to provide 1 of the following:
a. The last 4 digits of elector’s Social Security number.
b. The elector’s state-issued driver’s license number.
c. The elector’s state-issued nondriver identification card number.