CHAPTER 96.
GENERAL ELECTIONS.
AN ACT to amend Chapter 60 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware In Relation to General Elections.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Chapter 60 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware be and the same is hereby amended by repealing 1728, Section 8 thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the following section, to be styled 1728, Section 8.
1728 Section 8. The Clerk of the Peace in each County shall cause to be printed, within the State of Delaware, in the form hereinbefore provided, not less than eight ballots for every voter in each Election District in his County; the number of voters shall be ascertained in each Election District by reference to the highest number of votes polled therein at any preceding election, with due allowance for any estimated increase thereof. If a new Election District has been established in his County, the number shall be estimated by said Clerk of the Peace according to the best information he can obtain.
The Clerk of the Peace in each County, in addition to the above mentioned ballots, shall cause to be printed such further number of ballots as shall be directed by the Chairman of any committee of any political party, in any county, provided, however, that the said Clerk of the Peace shall not have printed any ballots upon the order or request of any Chairman of any political party unless the said request shall have been made to him in writing at least thirty days prior to the holding of the election at which the said ballots are to be used, nor unless a deposit sufficient to cover the cost of the ballots be made at the time they are ordered. The ballots so ordered by the said Chairmen of the various political parties shall be delivered to the said Chairmen or to their agents upon their request or order, at least five days before the election at which the said ballots are to be used. In addition to the ballots so ordered by the Chairmen of the various political parties, the Clerk of the Peace shall deliver to each Chairman of the various political parties, two ballots for every voter in each Election District, who at the last preceding election cast his ballot for the head of the ticket of such political party, which ballots shall be furnished to the County Chairman free of all charges. The Clerk of the Peace shall cause the ballots, other than those delivered to the Chairmen of the various political parties for each Election District, to be carefully wrapped and tied in two packages. One of such packages shall contain two ballots for every voter in each Election District in his county, and shall be retained by the Clerk of the Peace, and the ballots therein contained shall only be used to take the place of any ballot that may have been destroyed or lost by any accident or casualty. The other packages of ballots shall be delivered by the Clerk of the Peace in the manner hereinafter provided for. The Clerk of the Peace in each county shall also provide ungummed envelopes of a sufficient size to contain the ballot to be used at any election. Each envelope shall have printed thereon,
Official Envelope
For
Representative District Number ________
Date of Election ____________
____________
____________
Clerks of Election,
and shall be signed by the Clerks of Election, on the lines above the words "Clerks of Election."
He shall have prepared four envelopes for each voter in each Election District in his County, and the number shall be ascertained in each Election District by reference to the highest number of votes polled therein at any preceding election, with due allowance for any estimated increase thereof. If a new Election District has been established in his County, the number shall be estimated by said Clerk of the Peace, according to the best information he can obtain. The Clerk of the Peace shall cause the envelopes for each Election District to be carefully wrapped and tied in two packages, one package containing one envelope for each voter in each Election District, in his county, shall be retained by the Clerk of the Peace, and the envelopes therein contained shall only be used to take of like envelopes that may have been destroyed or lost by any accident or casualty. The said packages of envelopes shall be plainly marked and securely sealed with wax. The Clerk of the Peace in each County shall also provide, and enclose in each of said packages, not less than one dozen black or indelible pencils or crayons and a sufficient number of rubber bands to secure the number of envelopes in each Election District.
Approved March 2, A. D. 1915.