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AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO VOTING.

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO VOTING.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

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Last action
2026-03-26
Official status
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO VOTING.

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO VOTING.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO VOTING.
  • This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No.
  • 2.
  • This Act differs from Senate Bill No.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-26 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT

  2. 2025-05-21 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable

  3. 2025-04-15 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Administration Committee in House

  4. 2025-04-10 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

  5. 2025-04-09 Delaware General Assembly

    was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 2

Official Summary Text

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO VOTING.
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 2. This Act differs from Senate Bill No. 2 in that it incorporates technical corrections made to the Delaware Constitution by House Bill No. 10 (153rd General Assembly).

Like Senate Bill No. 2, this Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to specifically authorize early, in-person voting for the general election, a primary election, and a special election filling a vacancy in the General Assembly. Specifically, this Act provides that early, in-person voting is to occur on 10 calendar days before the date of the general election, primary election, and special election, including the Saturday and Sunday immediately before the election.

Amending the Delaware Constitution requires not only the passing of the changes in this Act, but also passage of the same changes after the next general election by the next General Assembly.

This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article XVI of the Delawar