§ 2060. | § 2061. | § 2062. | § 2063. | § 2064. | § 2065.
Governmental and private entities may apply to the Commissioner of Elections to register people to vote on a continuing basis or during an organized voter registration drive. Such entities must apply at least 30 days prior to the start of the voter registration activity or the drive. Voter registration under the provision of this subchapter may not be conducted during the period that voter registration is closed prior to a general election. The Commissioner of Elections shall promulgate the application form that such entities shall use in applying for permission to register voters on a continuing basis or to conduct an organized voter registration drive. The application shall include as a minimum:
(1) Name and address of the governmental or private entity. In the case of a continuing activity the location or locations where the voter registration activity will take place.
(2) The name, address and telephone number of the chief official of the entity.
(3) The date that the voter registration activity shall commence and, in the case of an organized voter registration drive, the inclusive dates of the proposed drive.
(4) The target audience and/or scope of the drive or continuing voter registration activity.
(5) The name, address and telephone number of the person responsible for the voter registration activity or drive.
(6) The names of the individuals who shall serve as temporary registrars at the voter registration activity or during the voter registration drive.
(7) Attestations by the chief official of the entity that it has authorized the voter registration activity or drive, assumes responsibility for the voter registration activity or drive, shall insure that only individuals trained as prescribed by the Commissioner of Elections shall serve as temporary registrars, and shall insure that all individuals involved in planning, organizing and conducting the voter registration drive shall adhere to this title and such regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Elections.
(8) The number of applications requested.
(9) The date for training must be the first Thursday of a month or as otherwise arranged with the Commissioner of Elections. (70 Del. Laws, c. 188, § 22.)
(a) The Commissioner of Elections shall develop a program for training individuals as temporary registrars as well as those persons responsible for planning, organizing and operating a voter registration activity or drive. Training shall be conducted by personnel from the office of the Commissioner of Elections. Individuals who complete the training required by the Commissioner shall be certified as a temporary registrar for a period of 1 year or for the duration of the proposed voter registration drive whichever is shorter. Training shall be offered the first Thursday of each month.
(b) The Commissioner of Elections shall develop a program of continuing education and periodic recertification for those persons involved in a continuing voter registration activity. (70 Del. Laws, c. 188, § 22.)
The Commissioner shall approve all applications, under § 2060 of this title, provided:
(1) The application is received more than 30 days prior to the start of the voter registration activity or proposed voter registration drive.
(2) The requested training date is prior to the start of the proposed voter registration activity or drive.
(3) The applying entity has not violated the provisions of this subchapter, title or regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Elections for conducting voter registration on a continuing basis or during a previous organized voter registration drive. (70 Del. Laws, c. 188, § 22.)
§ 2063. Pickup and return of materials.
(a) The entity shall pick-up the voter registration applications, forms and other required materials as directed by the Commissioner of Elections.
(b) An entity conducting a voter registration drive shall deliver all completed applications, unused applications, voided or damaged applications, completed forms and all excess materials to the location directed by the Commissioner of Elections within 5 days of the completion of the drive except as required elsewhere in this section.
(c) An entity operating a continuing voter registration activity shall deliver all completed applications and any voided or damaged applications at least once every 5 working days to the location directed by the Commissioner of Elections except as required elsewhere in this section.
(d) The entity shall return any application completed prior to the close of eligibility for a primary election or prior to the close of voter registration before a general election no later than 4:30 p.m. on those respective days to the location or locations directed by the Commissioner of Elections.
(e) The Commissioner may fine any entity that fails to comply with the requirements of this section up to $1,000 and deny them permission to conduct an organized voter registration drive or otherwise be involved in the voter registration process for a period of up to 5 years. (70 Del. Laws, c. 188, § 22.)
(a) Entities conducting voter registration shall account for the disposition of every application provided by the respective Department of Elections or the office of the Commissioner of Elections by application number. The Commissioner of Elections shall promulgate procedures that entities shall use to document the disposition of voter registration applications.
(b) The temporary registrar shall sign each application the temporary registrar completes in the "agency representative" block.
(c) Application date shall be left blank. The application date shall be the date the applications are received in the respective Department of Elections or the office of the Commissioner of Elections as required in this chapter.
(d) All applications completed or issued by the organization shall be annotated by the temporary registrar with the code provided by the Commissioner of Elections.
(e) All applications shall be completed in block letters in blue or black ink.
(f) Unsigned applications shall be rejected as incomplete.
(g) The person applying to register to vote shall show the temporary registrar proof of address and identity as required by the Commissioner of Elections.
(h) An entity, temporary registrar or other person involved in a voter registration activity or drive shall not:
(1) Seek to influence an applicant's political preference or party registration;
(2) Make any statement to an applicant or take any action, the purpose or effect of which is to discourage the applicant from registering to vote;
(3) Offer, promise or pay any money or other valuable thing as compensation, inducement or reward to anyone eligible to register to vote for registering or abstaining from registering to vote;
(4) Deny anyone who is eligible to register to vote but refuses to register to vote any services available through the entity.
(i) The entity conducting the voter registration activity or drive must inform each person who applies to register to vote through their activity or drive that they are not registered to vote until the respective Department of Elections has verified and accepted the application. (70 Del. Laws, c. 188, § 22; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.)
Upon receipt of the applications at a county Department of Elections or at the office of the Commissioner of Elections, the applications shall be stamped by the agency's time stamp. The date the applications are received in the office of the Commissioner of Elections or at a county Department of Elections is the date of the application. (70 Del. Laws, c. 188, § 22.)
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