Delaware Voting Age
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| Delaware Voting Age | |
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| State: Delaware | |
| Law: Voting Age | |
| Info: Voting Age Info | |
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Summary:
Persons 18 years or over are eligible to vote in all general elections. If you will be turning 18 in time for the general election you may vote in the primary election as well.
Link:
http://delcode.delaware.gov/title14/c010/sc04/index.shtml http://delcode.delaware.gov/title15/c075/sc03/index.shtml http://delcode.delaware.gov/title15/c017/index.shtml
Full Text:
§ 1077. Qualified voters.
Every citizen 18 years of age or over and a resident of the reorganized school district shall be eligible to vote at the school election in the reorganized school district in which that citizen resides, whether or not that citizen is at the time a registered voter for purposes of a general election. (14 Del. C. 1953, § 1077; 56 Del. Laws, c. 292, § 6; 58 Del. Laws, c. 411; 68 Del. Laws, c. 220, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.)
CHAPTER 75. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS § 7543. Qualified voters; voting list. In the
(a) The following shall be considered qualified voters for a special election held with respect to an annexation initiated pursuant to § 101A of Title 22 for the City of Wilmington and shall be entitled to vote in such election as provided herein:
(1) Every person 18 years of age or older who at least 30 days prior to the date of the special election is a duly registered voter in the election district or districts of the County in which the territory is located, and who resides in said territory, shall be entitled to 1 vote each.
TITLE 15 CHAPTER 17. REMOVAL PROCEDURES FOR REGISTRATION RECORDS
§ 1701. Qualifications for registration as qualified voter.
Every applicant for registration shall be a qualified voter if such applicant is a citizen of this State of the age of 18 years and upwards, or who will be 18 years old on or before the day of the general election next succeeding the applicant's registration, and is a bona fide resident of this State. No person in the military, naval or marine service of the United States shall become a resident of this State by being stationed in any garrison, barrack or military or naval place or station within this State; and no person adjudged mentally incompetent, person convicted of a crime deemed by law a felony, or person who shall have been rendered incapable of voting by reason of violating § 7 of Article V of the Constitution of this State for 10 years next following that person's conviction and sentence thereunder, shall be a qualified voter. For purposes of this chapter, the term "adjudged mentally incompetent" refers to a specific finding in a judicial guardianship or equivalent proceeding, based on clear and convincing evidence that the individual has a severe cognitive impairment which precludes exercise of basic voting judgment. (19 Del. Laws, c. 38, § 8; 21 Del. Laws, c. 36, § 4; 22 Del. Laws, c. 64, §§ 1, 2; 24 Del. Laws, c. 66; Code 1915, § 1627; 37 Del. Laws, c. 117, § 6; 40 Del. Laws, c. 140, § 5; Code 1935, § 1714; 44 Del. Laws, c. 105, § 1; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 1701; 52 Del. Laws, c. 197, § 1; 58 Del. Laws, c. 502, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 34, §§ 2, 5.)
