Delaware
Ballot Security
What Politicians Say
Delaware voters have the option to cast a ballot early for the first time in 2022.
Under a law passed in 2019, the state is offering 10 days of early voting in all elections held starting this year, including on Saturdays and Sundays.
Delaware was one of the last states to adopt early in-person voting. Currently, only five states do not have an early in-person option available to all voters.
Republicans continue to fight the change, however.
In February, state GOP chair Jane Brady filed a lawsuit on behalf of an elections worker seeking to have the law declared unconstitutional.
Another law passed in 2022 allows no-excuse vote-by-mail as well.
Ease of Voting
In 2021, lawmakers created an automatic voter registration system at the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles which could be expanded to other state agencies.
Previously, people applying for driver’s licenses and other DMV-related business were asked if they wanted to register to vote.
Under the new system, DMV customers who are at least 18 and US citizens will be automatically signed up. They’ll later receive a postcard asking if they want to opt out.
A 2022 law also allows voters to register on Election Day.
Ballot Security
Lawmakers mandated that state elections officials and the DMV conduct regular audits and random checks of the new automatic voter registration system and prepare a report to the legislature.
The law also states that anyone ineligible to vote who is accidentally registered under the new system will be considered not guilty unless they knowingly attempted to register.
How Politicians Responded to the 2020 Election
All of Delaware’s top officials and members of Congress are Democrats, and believe that the election of Biden, who represented the state in the US Senate for decades, was fairly won.