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2016 Delaware Code
Title 15 - Elections
CHAPTER 49. CONDUCT OF ELECTION
Subchapter III Counting Votes and Post-Election Regulations
§ 4980. Return and custody of voting machines and keys.

Universal Citation:
15 DE Code § 4980 (2016)
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(a) Immediately after the election, and within the 2 days immediately following the day of election, the voting machines and absentee ballot boxes shall be stored in some safe and secure place provided by the department of elections. While the board of canvass is conducting its canvass of the vote, the machines and ballot boxes shall be in the custody of the Prothonotary. While in the Prothonotary's custody, the voting machines and the absentee ballot boxes may be opened and examined by order of the board of canvass or any other court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) After the board of canvass has completed its canvass of the vote, the Prothonotary shall turn custody of the voting machine and absentee ballot boxes over to the department of elections. The department shall leave the ballot boxes undisturbed and locked until the following February 1. During this period, the ballot boxes may be opened for inspection by any duly authorized member or agent of the General Assembly or the Attorney General. After February 1 the department shall be free to unlock, clean out, inspect and repair any absentee ballot box.

15 Del. C. 1953, § 4982; 58 Del. Laws, c. 148, § 99; 60 Del. Laws, c. 403, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 506, § 18; 75 Del. Laws, c. 232, §§ 63, 64.;

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