Any qualified voter of the Town who shall be
unable to appear to cast his ballot at any annual municipal election
at the regular polling place in the Town for any reasons permitted
under 15 Del. C. § 7571, as amended, shall be entitled to
cast an absentee ballot and to have his vote counted.
Any voter desiring to obtain an absentee ballot
because of any of the reasons set forth in 15 Del. C. § 7571,
as amended, shall file or cause to be filed with the Town Clerk a
written statement pursuant to 15 Del. C. § 7572, as amended.
Upon receipt from a voter of the affidavit as required by the provisions of §
5-2 of this chapter, the Town Clerk shall confirm that the elector qualifies for an absentee ballot and process the request pursuant to 15 Del. C § 7573, as amended.
Upon receipt by the Town Clerk of a proper request
under this chapter, the Town Clerk shall provide to each elector to
whom it sends an absentee ballot an envelope pursuant to 15 Del. C.
§ 7574, as amended.
The absentee voter shall complete the absentee
ballot and return it to the Town pursuant to 15 Del. C. § 7575,
as amended.
Any absentee ballot shall be returned in compliance
with 15 Del. C. § 7576, as amended, to be counted; the Town
Clerk shall retain any late ballots in compliance with the same.
Upon receipt of the ballot envelope from the
absentee voter, the Town Clerk shall follow the procedure set forth
in 15 Del. C. § 7577, as amended.
When an absentee voter's ballot is received
by the Town Clerk, the official envelope containing the marked ballot,
sealed in the special carrier envelope of the Town, shall be enclosed
and sealed in a package and safely kept in the Town Clerk's office
until the day of the election and delivered to the Board of Election
after the opening of the polls on the election day and at least one
hour before the closing of the polls. The Town Clerk shall deliver
all such absentee voters' ballots separately enclosed in a special
carrier envelope to the Board of Election at the polls taking their
seat of the Board of Election for the delivery of such a ballot or
ballots.
The Board of Election shall follow the procedure
set forth in 15 Del. C. §§ 7578 through 7579, as amended.
The Town Clerk shall ensure that carrier envelopes
are available and processed pursuant to 15 Del. C. § 7580,
as amended.
The vote of any absentee voter may be challenged
pursuant to 15 Del. C. § 7581, as amended.
Ballots shall only be rejected based on 15 Del. C. § 7582,
as amended, and processed pursuant to the same.