Whistleblower Sues Delaware

Epoch Times

An election integrity group is representing a state government whistleblower who claims in a new lawsuit that Delaware is playing fast and loose with state election laws, enforcing statutes that violate the state’s constitution.

The Delaware General Assembly passed a law in 2019 that allowed early voting in person at least 10 days before the day of a general election. The state constitution stipulates that the general election must be held on one specific day only.

A Delaware statute also allows registrants to apply to the Department of Elections for something called “permanent absentee status,” even though the state constitution only allows absentee voting with strict restrictions on eligibility.

This law violates the constitution because it grants an individual eligibility to vote by absentee ballot in perpetuity, without consideration of the applicant’s eligibility in each subsequent election, according to Michael Mennella, an inspector of elections who argues he is being forced to choose between enforcing the Constitution of Delaware or the unconstitutional statutes. more