§ 5706 Form of certificates.

15 DE Code § 5706 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) The certificates of the Court of the results of the election in its county may be according to the following form:

The State of Delaware, ________________ County, ss.

Be it Remembered, that at the general election held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and ________ for ________________ County, according to the Constitution and laws of the State of Delaware (here insert, to wit:

In testimony, whereof, we ________________ and ________________ constituting the Superior Court for ________________  ________________ County, who have met and ascertained the state of the election throughout the said County, as the law requires, have hereunto set our hands and caused the seal of the said Superior Court to be hereunto affixed at the Court House in said County, on this ____ day of November, A. D. ____

(b) The manner of making the insertion may be as follows:

In case of Electors of President and Vice President

____ votes were given for ________________ for Elector

____ votes were given for ________________ for Elector and so on, naming each person voted for.

In case of Governor

____ votes were given for ________________ for Governor

____ votes were given for ________________ for Governor and so on, naming each person voted for.

In case of Lieutenant Governor

____ votes were given for ________________ for Lieutenant Governor

____ votes were given for ________________ for Lieutenant Governor and so on, naming each person voted for.

In case of Senator in the Senate of the United States

____ votes were given for ________________ for United States Senator

____ votes were given for ________________ for United States Senator and so on, naming each person voted for.

In case of Representative to Congress

____ votes were given for ________________ for Representative to Congress

____ votes were given for ________________ for Representative to Congress and so on, naming each person voted for.

In case of Attorney General

____ votes were given for ________________ for Attorney General

____ votes were given for ________________ for Attorney General and so on, naming each person voted for.

In case of Insurance Commissioner

____ votes were given for ________________ for Insurance Commissioner

____ votes were given for ________________ for Insurance Commissioner and so on, naming each person voted for.

In case of State Treasurer

____ votes were given for ________________ for State Treasurer

____ votes were given for ________________ for State Treasurer and so on, naming each person voted for.

In case of Auditor of Accounts

____ votes were given for ________________ for Auditor of Accounts

____ votes were given for ________________ for Auditor of Accounts and so on, naming each person voted for.

In case of Senators to General Assembly

____ was duly elected Senator for the ________________ Senatorial District for said County in the General Assembly, (and so on, giving certificates for each Senator elected in the respective senatorial districts of the county) and was duly elected Senator for the ________________ Senatorial District for said County in lieu of ________________ late Senator for said Senatorial District of said County in the General Assembly (and so on, giving certificates for each Senator elected in lieu of any other Senator for any senatorial district for said county in the General Assembly).

In case of Representatives to General Assembly

________________ was duly elected Representative for the ________________ Representative District for said County in the General Assembly (and so on, giving certificates for each Representative elected in the respective representative districts of the County).

In case of Clerk of the Peace

________________ was duly elected Clerk of the Peace for ________________ County.

In case of Register of Wills

________________ was duly elected Register of Wills for ________________ County.

In case of Recorder

________________ was duly elected Recorder for ________________ County.

In case of the County Executive for New Castle County

________________ was duly elected County Executive for New Castle County.

In case of County Council member for New Castle County

________________ was duly elected County Council member for the ________________ Councilmemberic District in New Castle County; and so on, giving a certificate for each Council member elected in each Councilmemberic District in New Castle County.

In case of County Councilmembers for Sussex County

________________ was duly elected Council member for the ________________ Councilmemberic District in Sussex County; and so on, giving a certificate for each Council member elected in each Councilmemberic District in Sussex County.

In case of Levy Court Commissioners for Kent County

________________ was duly elected Levy Court Commissioner for ________________ District in said County (and so on, giving a certificate for each Levy Court Commissioner elected in each District in said County).

In case of Receiver of Taxes and County Treasurer

________________ was duly elected Receiver of Taxes and County Treasurer for ________________ County.

In case of Sheriff

________________ was duly elected Sheriff for ________________ County.

21 Del. Laws, c. 38, § 26; Code 1915, § 1780; Code 1935, § 1869; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 5706; 55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§ 34C, 34D; 57 Del. Laws, c. 169, § 5; 57 Del. Laws, c. 762, § 33D; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 434, §§ 5, 6; 73 Del. Laws, c. 91, § 11; 80 Del. Laws, c. 209, § 9; 82 Del. Laws, c. 141, § 11.