[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lewes 1-14-2008;[1] amended in its entirety 9-14-2020. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: The adopting ordinance also repealed former
Ch. 3, Absentee Voting, adopted 2-8-1988, as amended.
The City shall hold annual municipal elections for the offices
of Mayor and City Council as established by the Charter of the City
and following the procedures established in the Charter and state
law; see 15 Del. C., Ch. 75, Subchapters I, IV, and V, and this chapter.
A.
Not
later than March 1 of each year, the Mayor shall appoint, with the
concurrence of the City Council, a Board of Election consisting of
an Inspector and two judges, together with such alternates as the
Mayor determines to be necessary, in accordance with the procedures
established in 15 Del. C. § 7551.
B.
The
term of the Board of Election shall be one year.
A.
Election
officers. The Mayor and City Council shall appoint election officers,
who may also be members of the Board of Election.
B.
Voting
procedure. If a person has voted by absentee ballot, that person shall
not be permitted to vote at the polling place. The City shall provide
to the Board of Election and election officials the list of persons
who have returned absentee ballots prior to the opening of the polls.
Any person who returns an absentee ballot while the polling place
is open shall not be permitted to vote in person, but the absentee
ballot shall be included with other absentee ballots.
In addition to the reasons for absentee voting specified in
15 Del. C. § 7571, a registered voter may also cast an absentee
ballot if the voter prefers not to vote in person due to considerations
of public or personal health.
