Delaware elections, 2013
Delaware election information for 2013 is listed below.
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Voting in Delaware
- See also: Voting in Delaware
Important voting information
- Delaware uses a closed primary system, meaning voters must register with a party to be able to vote in their primary election.
- The deadline for registration is 24 days before the election.
- Delaware does not permit online voter registration. An electronic form may be filled out online, but must be printed, signed, and mailed to complete the registration.[1] (dead link)
Voting absentee
- See also: Absentee voting by state
For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in Delaware, please visit our absentee voting by state page.
Voting early
- See also: Early voting
Delaware is one of 14 states that does not allow traditional early voting. Instead, early voting is offered in the form of absentee in-person voting and is available as soon as absentee ballots are made available until noon on Election Day. To vote early, a voter must qualify for an absentee ballot. To see the accepted reasons for voting absentee, click here.[2]
Elections Performance Index
Delaware ranked 6th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. Delaware received an overall score of 73 percent.[3]
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