The option to vote in-person 10 days ahead of Election Day and to vote by absentee ballot indefinitely will remain available to voters in Delaware this year.
In a unanimous decision, the highest court in Delaware on June 28 vacated a lower court’s ruling, which had found both practices unconstitutional.
The dispute centers around a pair of election laws. One of the challenged laws, enacted in 2019, allows for at least 10 days of early in-person voting prior to Election Day and went into effect in 2022.
The other law, enacted in 2010, grants certain qualified voters a “permanent absentee” status, under which they automatically receive an absentee ballot without having to apply for one each election cycle….
Delaware Supreme Court Restores Early Voting, Permanent Absentee Voting
