{"data":{"id":"us-de/15-del.-c.-7574","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"15 Del. C. § 7574","heading":"Requirements for ballot envelope; numbering and coding; voter identification label; affidavit of eligibility.","body":"(a) The municipality shall provide to each elector to whom it sends an absentee ballot an envelope which shall be:\n(1) A color other than white;\n(2) Large enough to hold a completed ballot; and\n(3) Designed to protect its contents from tampering, removal or substitution without detection.\n(b) Upon each envelope provided pursuant to this section shall appear:\n(1) The words “BALLOT ENVELOPE”;\n(2) An alpha-numeric symbol and/or barcode for use in accounting for the absentee ballot;\n(3) Identification information for the elector receiving the absentee ballot, including: the name of the municipality where the elector is qualified to vote; the elector’s name; the elector’s mailing address; the address within the municipality that establishes the elector’s eligibility to vote if different from the elector’s mailing address; and such other information as the municipality may require; and\n(4) The following oath:\n“I do solemnly swear (affirm) that to the best of my knowledge I am eligible to vote in this municipal election and that the address that appears on the label on this envelope is the address at which I am qualified to vote in this municipal election. I also do solemnly swear (affirm) under penalty of perjury that I have not received or accepted, or offered to receive or accept, any money or other item of value as compensation, inducement or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at this municipal election, nor that I am acting under duress or threat of duress or harm.”\n(5) The voter’s signature.","path":["Title 15. Elections","Special, Municipal and Other Elections","CHAPTER 75. Municipal Elections","Subchapter V. Absentee Voting in Municipal Elections Except for the City of Wilmington"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title15/c075/sc05/index.html#7574","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:20Z","sha256":"836bd5974224bd32abc7f40cd3c743ee236c8656843648650b2fd61ca098168e","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/15-del.-c.-7573","next":"us-de/15-del.-c.-7575"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}