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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15, DELAWARE CODE PROVIDING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS SHALL SELECT PRIMARY ELECTION OFFICERS AND CLERKS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:
Section 1. Title 15, Section 3109, Delaware Code is amended by striking out all of the third paragraph thereof as it presently appears and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
The primary election officers and clerks shall be chosen by the Department of Elections from among the election officers and clerks selected for the general election for the election district or districts contained in the primary election district, and for each such primary election district the election officers and clerks shall be divided as equally as possible between the two principal parties except that in the event that there is a contest in only one party in a primary election district, all the primary election officers and clerks for that district shall be persons whose party affiliation, as shown upon his original permanent registration record, is the same as the party holding the primary contest.
Approved June 24, 1959.