Delaware § 1707 - Cancellation of registration due to a registrant having moved to another state.
Full text of Delaware Delaware Code § 1707 — Cancellation of registration due to a registrant having moved to another state., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1707. Cancellation of registration due to a registrant having moved to another state.
(a) The Department shall consider notification from another state, election jurisdiction or election official that a person registered to vote in Delaware has applied to register to vote or who has registered to vote in another state as permission from that person to cancel that person’s Delaware voter registration.
(b) The Department shall consider a written notice from a spouse, adult child, sibling or parent that a registered voter has moved out of state as permission from that person to cancel that person’s voter registration. The notice shall be signed and the relationship to the previously mentioned voter stated.
(c) The State Board of Elections may cancel the voter registrations for any person who has moved out of state and given permission in writing or as otherwise provided in this section.
(d) Upon registration of a person in Delaware who is registered to vote in another state, the Department or State Election Commissioner shall notify the other state that the person has registered to vote in the State of Delaware.
15 Del. C. 1953, § 1707; 57 Del. Laws, c. 181, § 29; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 232, § 16; 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, §§ 2, 22; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § 22;Source: official Delaware text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 1707 ("Cancellation of registration due to a registrant having moved to another state.") is part of the Delaware Code, the codified statutory law of Delaware. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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