2024 DELAWARE VOTER GUIDE
1.Voter Registration
Deadline to Register/Update: October 12, 2024
2. Check Your Registration
Why check your registration? Your address is where election officials send notices, application forms to receive your ballot in the mail, and more. Additionally, poll workers will check if the address on your voter registration matches the address on your ID at the polls.
Checklist:
- Is your name spelled correctly? (Correct hyphenations, middle initials, etc)
- Correct Address
- Active Voter Status (if not update by sending in another online/mail voter application)
- Correct Date of Birth
- Correct Political Party Preference
- Take a time-stamped photograph or screenshot of your registration, and take it with you to the polls as proof of your registration.
3. Voter ID Law
Source: Ballotpedia
Delaware requires voters to present non-photo identification (ID) while voting. Accepted forms of ID include Delaware driver’s licenses, U.S. passports, and signed polling place cards. For a list of all accepted forms of ID, see below.
Voters who do not have ID while voting may “sign an affidavit of affirmation that the voter is the person listed on the election district record.”
The following list of accepted ID was current as of July 2024:
- Delaware Drivers License or State ID
- U. S. Passport
- Signed Polling Place or Social Security Card
- Signed vehicle registration
- Signed credit card with photo
- A similar document that identifies the person by photo or signature
4. Order Your Absentee Mail Ballot
Deadline to register in order to mail Ballot: November 1, 2024
Deadline to return Absentee Mail Ballot: Must be received before 8:00 PM on Election day November 5, 2024
Filled-out absentee mail ballots can also be dropped off at the Department of Elections Office in your county
Surrendering Your Absentee Ballot:
- Delaware has the Surrender Rule.
- If prior to Election Day, contact the Elections Office in your county and request to cancel your absentee ballot.
- When arriving at your polling place, inform the poll worker that you had requested an absentee ballot. The poll worker will look up you on the pollbook and check your voting status:
- If you requested an absentee ballot, but have not returned it, a poll worker will contact the Department of Elections to cancel your absentee ballot and you will be permitted to vote at the polling place.
- If your filled-out ballot had already been returned to the Department and is being prepared to be counted, you will not be permitted to vote at the polling place.
- Source: https://elections.delaware.gov/services/voter/absentee/citizen.shtml
5. Early Voting Information
Delaware is offering early voting from October 25 – November 3, 2024.
- For information regarding early voting sites and schedule, please visit:
https://elections.delaware.gov/elections/votinglocations.shtml - Contact your state election official online: https://elections.delaware.gov/locations.shtml or call the State of Delaware Election Commissioner at 302.739.4277.
6. Be A Poll Worker
- Become a poll worker!
- Poll workers must be 16 years old or over, and a registered voter (if over 18) in their county
- Sign Up Here: https://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionofficers.shtml