Del. Code tit. 15 § 7574

Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 494
Section 7574 - Requirements for ballot envelope; numbering and coding; voter identification label; affidavit of eligibility
(a) The municipality 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 alpha-numeric symbol and/or barcode for use in accounting for the absentee ballot;
(3) Identification information for the elector receiving the absentee ballot, including: the name of the municipality where the elector is qualified to vote; the elector's name; the elector's mailing address; the address within the municipality that establishes the elector's eligibility to vote if different from the elector's mailing address; and such other information as the municipality may require; and
(4) The following oath:

"I do solemnly swear (affirm) that to the best of my knowledge I am eligible

to vote in this municipal election and that the address that appears on the

label on this envelope is the address at which I am qualified to vote in this

municipal election. 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 municipal election, nor that I am

acting under duress or threat of duress or harm."

(5) The voter's signature.

15 Del. C. § 7574

76 Del. Laws, c. 52, § 2.;