EVCIElection Voter-Confidence Index

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Del. Code tit. 15, § 4910 requires the State Election Commissioner to design uniform posters for polling places and mandates sample ballots. However, this section does NOT establish a statutory requirement for a voter pamphlet or analogous document containing candidate and ballot-question information with defined content and distribution rules. The statute addresses polling-place instruction posters (which cover voting procedures, rights, and fraud prohibitions) and sample ballots (which are diagrams of the voting machine layout). Neither of these instruments constitutes a voter information pamphlet with candidate biographies, ballot summaries, or question explanations. The statute does not enumerate content requirements for candidate information or ballot-question descriptions. Therefore, while the section satisfies procedural notification timing and ballot-format rules, it does not satisfy the specific criterion requiring a statutory ballot-information pamphlet with candidate and ballot-question content.

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The statute explicitly requires that all candidate-filing documents (Certificates of Intention, Statements of Organization, withdrawal forms) be treated as public records and made available for public inspection. Section (i) establishes the mandate for public accessibility. While the statute references the Delaware Freedom of Information Act for the specific procedures and timelines for access rather than codifying a specific timeline within this section itself, it creates a clear statutory duty to make these documents publicly accessible. The statute also requires municipalities to publish the Municipal Candidate Forms package on their websites (section k) and mandates that officials provide receipts for filed documents (section g), supporting transparent public access to the filing process.

“All documents filed in accordance with this section are public records and a municipality shall make them available for inspection by the public in accordance with the Delaware Freedom of Information Act [Chapter 100 of Title 29].”

The statute codifies procedures for candidate withdrawal before the deadline (§3106(c)) and notifications to party chairs and the State Election Commissioner regarding qualified candidates (§3106(d)). However, the statute does not explicitly address the specific scenario of disqualification or withdrawal AFTER the ballot is printed, nor does it codify a public-notice procedure for voters in that post-printing scenario. The statute requires notification to party chairs and internal Department communications, but does not mandate public notice to voters regarding post-ballot-printing disqualifications or late withdrawals. This partial satisfaction indicates the framework addresses pre-ballot procedures and some notifications, but lacks explicit codification for public communication when candidates are disqualified after ballots are printed.

Del. Code tit. 15, § 7553(a) clearly codifies a statutory requirement for pre-election notification with both timing (no later than 20 days prior to election date) and specific content mandates (date, time, location of election, candidates for each office, and voter qualifications). The section establishes this as a mandatory duty for municipalities ('shall post'). The statute further requires posting on the municipality's website if one exists (subsection e) and submission to the Department of Elections within 3 business days (subsection f). This directly satisfies the criterion's requirement that notification rules and timing be codified in statute with content defined.

“For each election of members of the municipal government, a municipality shall post a Notice of Election conspicuously within the municipality no later than 20 days prior to the date of the election. Such notice shall include the date, time and location of the election, the candidates for each office on the ballot and the qualifications to vote in the election.”

The statute mandates that voters must be notified when polling places move ('The Department shall notify voters if their polling place is moved to another building'). This satisfies the first component of the criterion—there is a statutory requirement for individual notice. However, the statute does NOT codify a defined timeframe for when such notification must occur. NOTIF.2 requires both (1) a statutory requirement to provide individual notice AND (2) a defined timeframe. The temporal element is absent, making this a partial satisfaction. A dual-scholar review would find the notification mandate clear but the procedural clarity incomplete due to the missing deadline specification.

“The Department shall notify voters if their polling place is moved to another building.”