Del. C. » Title 15 — Registration of Voters · CHAPTER 20. Registration Officers and Mobile Registration; Registration by Mail · Elections
Delaware Code

15 Del. C. § 2036 (2026)

Deadline to register to vote: primary and general elections

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section DE-DELCdelcode.delaware.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

The last date to register to vote for any presidential primary, primary, special and general election shall be the day of that election. A person may register to vote at said person’s polling place from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. by submitting with that person’s application, a copy of a current and valid government-issued photo identification or a current document displaying the name and address of the person registering to vote, such as a utility bill, bank statement, government check, or paycheck. The term “current” as used in this section to forms of identification other than those that are government issued shall mean the documents must be dated within 60 days prior to the registration date.

(1) Mail applications received on or before the deadline shall be considered to be on-time and shall be immediately processed by the Department; and

(2) Applications taken by agencies in accordance with subchapter VII of this chapter and received by the Department on or before the deadline shall be considered on-time and shall be processed by the Department immediately upon receipt.

75 Del. Laws, c. 232, §  27;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  37;  83 Del. Laws, c. 354, § 1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 1; 
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Higgin v. Albence, Miles v. Dept. of Elections (Del. Ch. 2022).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Higgin v. Albence, Miles v. Dept. of Elections (Del. Ch. 2022). · cites it 3× “38 15 Del. C. § 2036; see also Del. H.B. 25 syn.”
Albence v. Higgin (Del. 2022). “3 15 Del. C. § 2036. 2 3. The Court enters this abbreviated order in recognition of the impending election scheduled for November 8, 2022, and the Department of Election’s desire to mail ballots to voters by or around October 10, 2022.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.