Delaware Department of Elections

The board received financial updates regarding the FY2019 state budget, reviewed statewide voter registration statistics, and discussed upcoming election outreach and staff activities. Additional agenda items included an overview of website usage statistics, a summary of voter registration transactions, a review of campaign finance violations, and an update on the transition to a new voting system involving the vendor ES&S. Finally, the board clarified procedures for casting write-in votes with a member of the public and approved the removal of records as presented.

The board meeting included updates on the department's financial status regarding the FY2020 State Budget, statewide voter registration totals, and upcoming election outreach activities. The Commissioner discussed federal election legislation, the impact of the United States' withdrawal from the Universal Postal Union on overseas absentee voting, and research into potential double-voting via the Electronic Registration Information Center. The board also reviewed the success of the department's presence at the Delaware State Fair, planned equipment and software updates, polling place connectivity testing, and election security best practices. Additionally, the meeting addressed website analytics, public inquiries regarding personnel hiring procedures, and plans to activate the Reports Appeals Subcommittee for campaign finance.

This document details the audit conducted for the Caesar Rodney Referendum, specifically focusing on Machine and Absentee Audits. The process involved a manual recount of ballots from one machine selected during a prior public meeting to ensure the number of processed ballots matched activation cards and that machine tape totals corresponded with the manual vote counts. The audited machine was located at Star Hill Elementary School. Furthermore, 82 absentee ballots were audited and confirmed.

The document details an audit performed on the Caesar Rodney Referendum ballots following a Public Meeting held on February 2, 2026. The audit involved a manual recount of ballots at the W Reily Brown Elementary School polling location to verify that the number of processed ballots matched the activation cards and that the manual vote counts aligned with the machine tapes for all three voting machines used at that site.

The public hearing was conducted to perform an audit of the machine and polling place for the 2026 Laurel School District Referendum. The process involved unsealing and recounting card containers from a randomly selected polling place, with the votes on activation cards matching the machine paper tapes perfectly. Additionally, the single machine audited had its cards match the machine paper tapes perfectly. No members of the public were present to offer comments or discussion.