Prohibited interference with the right to vote [Effective July 1, 2027].
Del. Code tit. 15, § 8130
in effect(a) In addition to the criminal and civil offenses in Chapters 51 and 53 of this title, a person, whether acting under color of state law or otherwise, may not engage in acts of intimidation, deception, or obstruction that interfere with any elector’s right to vote.
(b) A violation of subsection (a) of this section includes any of the following:
(1) The use or threat to use any force, violence, restraint, abduction, or duress, by any person who inflicts or threatens to inflict any injury, damage, harm, or loss or who by any other conduct practices intimidation that causes or will reasonably have the effect of causing interference with any elector’s right to vote.
(2) The reckless use by any person of any deceptive or fraudulent device, contrivance, or communication pertaining to the time, place, or manner of an election; the qualifications or restrictions on voter eligibility for such election; a particular elector’s eligibility to vote in such election; the consequence of voting or abstaining from voting in any election; or a statement of endorsement by any specifically named person, political party, or organization if such deceptive or fraudulent device, contrivance, or communication causes or will reasonably have the effect of causing interference with any elector’s right to vote.
(3) Obstructing, impeding, or otherwise interfering with access to any polling place or elections office, or obstructing, impeding, or otherwise interfering with any voter in any manner that causes or will reasonably have the effect of causing interference with any elector’s right to vote.
(c) In accordance with the purpose of this chapter, an elector’s right to vote shall be construed broadly and includes an elector’s right to cast a ballot for the candidate of their choice, to register to vote, and to vote by any method of voting established by the General Assembly.
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