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§ 5505 Requirements for ballot envelope; numbering and coding; voter identification label; statement of eligibility.

15 DE Code § 5505 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) The Department shall provide to each elector to whom it sends an absentee ballot an envelope which shall be:

(1) A color other than white;

(2) Large enough to hold a completed ballot; and

(3) Designed to protect its contents from tampering, removal or substitution without detection.

(b) Upon each envelope provided pursuant to this section shall appear:

(1) The words “BALLOT ENVELOPE”;

(2) An alphanumeric symbol and/or barcode for use in accounting for the absentee ballot;

(3) Identification information for the elector receiving the absentee ballot, including:

(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) If the voter is voting under the provisions of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Voting Act [42 U.S.C. § 1973ff et seq.], the oath shall be as provided by that act as amended.

(6) The voter’s signature.

44 Del. Laws, c. 118, § 5; 45 Del. Laws, c. 155, § 4; 47 Del. Laws, c. 316, § 2; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 5507; 49 Del. Laws, c. 278, § 7; 50 Del. Laws, c. 173, § 10; 58 Del. Laws, c. 148, § 128; 60 Del. Laws, c. 414, § 15; 65 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 4; 68 Del. Laws, c. 301, § 4; 70 Del. Laws, c. 188, § 27; 75 Del. Laws, c. 149, § 1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 427, § 3; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § 88; 81 Del. Laws, c. 106, § 3.

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§ 5505 Requirements for ballot envelope; numbering and coding; voter identification label; statement of eligibility.