Delaware § 5509 - Procedure on receipt of ballot envelope by Department.

§ 5509. Procedure on receipt of ballot envelope by Department.

(a) Upon receipt of a ballot envelope the Department shall do all of the following:

(1) Ascertain the name of each voter as it appears on the face of each ballot envelope.

(2) Ascertain from the information on the ballot envelope the election district with whose votes the ballot within it will be tallied.

(3) Place the ballot envelope in a secure location until such time as it is opened and the ballot within it is counted.

(4) If a ballot envelope fails to comply with a requirement under § 5507 of this title, the Department shall indicate on the ballot envelope that the ballot is deficient and the reason.

(b) No member of the Department may do any of the following:

(1) Open or attempt to open the ballot envelope.

(2) Except as required under paragraph (a)(4) of this section, change, alter, or attempt to change or alter the ballot envelope, including any writing or printing on the ballot envelope.

44 Del. Laws, c. 118, §  10;  45 Del. Laws, c. 155, §  9;  15 Del. C. 1953, §  5512;  57 Del. Laws, c. 567, §  48;  58 Del. Laws, c. 148, §§  130, 131;  60 Del. Laws, c. 414, §§  19, 20;  68 Del. Laws, c. 301, §  7;  75 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 427, §§  8, 9;  77 Del. Laws, c. 227, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  89;  85 Del. Laws, c. 313, § 4;