Delaware § 5016 - Audits; elections for City of Wilmington offices.
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§ 5016. Audits; elections for City of Wilmington offices.
(a) This section applies to elections conducted for offices in the City of Wilmington under subchapter II of Chapter 75 of this title.
(b) Within 48 hours of the certification of the results of an election, the Department shall audit all of the results of 1 randomly selected voting device used for that election.
(c) (1) Within 60 days of the certification of the results of an election, the Department shall audit the results of all votes cast in 1 randomly selected election district where the election was held.
(2) An election district audited under paragraph (c)(1) of this section cannot be an election district from which the voting device was selected under subsection (b) of this section.
82 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 43; 85 Del. Laws, c. 313, § 2;Source: official Delaware text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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