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An Act to Amend Title 15 of the Delaware Code Relating to Conduct of Elections and Admitting a Person to Vote.

In committee: it can still change before the session ends.

DE HB 187 · House Bill · 151

Stage
In committee
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House
Sponsors
+17
Latest action
May 18, 2021

What it does

This Act specifies the duty of election officers to establish the identity of a voter by requesting explicit forms of identification. Any citizen presenting themselves as a voter at a polling place, but who is unable to provide an acceptable form of identification, or whose eligibility to vote cannot be determined, may cast a provisional ballot. The number of provisional ballots initially available at each polling place is tripled under this Act. Provisional ballots will be processed under existing state law, as modified by this Act, allowing state election officials to determine the validity of the ballot by matching the data provided by the voter against the state’s voter records. This…

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Current step)

    In committee · May 18, 2021

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS AND ADMITTING A PERSON TO VOTE. | 52