Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 6102 – Definitions
(a) The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) “Disqualifying felony” shall mean that type of felony set forth in § 2, article V of the Constitution of this State which permanently disqualifies any person convicted of such felony from voting.
(2) [Repealed.]
(3) “Full discharge” or “fully discharged” shall mean that a person convicted of a felony which is not disqualifying has served the required sentence of imprisonment, parole, work release, early release, supervised custody, and probation and community supervision.
(4) “State Election Commissioner” shall mean the State Election Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 6102
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- 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
- State Election Commissioner: shall mean the State Election Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 6102
(b) For the purposes of § 2 of article V of the Constitution of this State and for the purposes of this chapter, no sentence shall be deemed to be expired until a person convicted of a felony which is not disqualifying has served the required sentence of imprisonment, parole, work release, early release, supervised custody, and probation and community supervision.
72 Del. Laws, c. 314, § ?1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, § ?2; 80 Del. Laws, c. 311, § 1;