Delaware General Assembly

Senate Elections & Government Affairs 1/3/25

Awaiting consideration in Committee

1/3/25

Brown

Sen. Pinkney, Sturgeon
Reps. Bush, Heffernan, Snyder-Hall

Sen. Hocker, Hoffner, Huxtable, Sokola, Townsend
Reps. Bolden, Burns, Gorman, Morrison, Ross Levin, K. Williams, Wilson-Anton

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO VOTING.

This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to specifically authorize early, in-person voting for the general election, a primary election, and a special election filling a vacancy in the General Assembly. This Act provides that early, in-person voting is to occur on 10 calendar days before the date of the general election, primary election, and special election, including the Saturday and Sunday immediately before the election. Amending the Delaware Constitution requires not only the passing of the changes in this Act, but also passage of the same changes after the next general election by the next General Assembly. This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article XVI of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend the Delaware Constitution.

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A First Leg amendment must be approved by the next General Assembly to become part of the Constitution. A Second Leg amendment becomes part of the Constitution upon passage of both Chambers of the subsequent General Assembly.

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