Delaware Supreme Court to Rule on Early Voting and Permanent Absentee Voting

Delaware is asking the state Supreme Court to overrule a recent Superior Court decision that declared the state’s practice of allowing 10 days of early voting and the option to vote absentee in perpetuity violated the state constitution. The Delaware statute expanded Election Day beyond the constitutionally designated day, and the permanent absentee voter law does not conform to constitutional requirements, ruled Superior Court Judge Mark H. Conner. Ten days of early voting was instituted by the General Assembly in 2019. The Delaware Constitution specifies “the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November” as the day on which the General Election shall be held....