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ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Phone: 302-739-4277
Fax: :302-739-6794
Email: coe_vote@state.de.us
Phone: (800) 273-9500
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION
DELAWARE STATE LAW

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Directions:Click here Scroll Down and Click "I Agree" to the Terms. Click Online Voter Registration Application. Fill out required information. Under "Party Affiliation" Party: Choose "Others/ all Other Parties" from drop-down menu. If Party Selected is Other, Specify Party: Type in "America's Third Party." Print, Sign and Mail Your Registration for the Changes to Take Effect.

Party qualifications for statewide ballot access:

Has registered voters equal to at least 10/100 of 1% of the total number of voters [15-3001] 
Deadline: 21 days before the Primary

Primary ballot access:

Qualified for Presidential Primary Matching funds [15-3184]
Or petition: 500 signatures [15-3184] File notification of candidacy with the State Election Commissioner
Deadline: at least 30 days prior to the primary, but not before the third Friday in December or after the first Friday in January [15-3183(a)] Fifteen days after the deadline, the state party chairman can provide a list of those not already on the ballot, provided they are eligible for Presidential Primary Matching funds [15-3183(b)] No mandatory filing fees. The Republican party “encourages” a fee of $5,000 for party costs

General ballot access for minor party candidates:

Party nomination results submitted to State Election Commissioner [15-3301]
Deadline: September 1 [15-3303]
No filing fees

General ballot access for independent candidates:

File sworn declaration
Petition: 1% of total number of registered voters from previous year (in 2004, this was approximately 5,205 signatures) [15-3002]
Circulate between January 1 and July 15 of the Election Year [15-3002]
Deadline: September 1 [15-3002]

Last day to withdraw from the ballot:

September 1

Primary date:

Presidential Primary 4/24/2012

Voter registration:

Register with the state 21 days before the primary election or 20 days before the general election; register with the party 24 hours before the election.
Source: The Reform Institute (December 2003). Presidential Ballot Access: State by State Scorecard. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/5646/2003scorecard.....

Write-In Information

To count the write in votes for a candidate a Write In Declaration needs to be filed by 10/1/2012.