Universal Mail-In Voting Violates Delaware Constitution: Delaware Supreme Court

County officials recount ballots in Pennsylvania in a 2022 file photograph. Mark Makela/Getty Images

Delaware’s new law that allows voting by mail regardless of reason violates the state Constitution, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled on Oct. 7.

“The Vote-by-Mail Statute impermissibly expands the categories of absentee voters identified in Article V, Section 4A of the Delaware Constitution. Therefore, the judgment of the Court of Chancery that the Vote-by-Mail Statute violates the Delaware Constitution should be affirmed,” the state’s top court said in a brief order (pdf).