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Responsive Gov’s Grade TL;DR
While Delaware enacted no broad statutory reforms this session, it utilized the budget process to fine-tune its Secure AVR system. The State Legislature updated the protocol to ensure DMV customers can explicitly designate a party affiliation during their transaction. This modification earned the state a B rating.
Looking Back
Where Delaware Started at the Beginning of 2025
- Automatic Voter Registration: Secure AVR
- Online Voter Registration: Open to all Eligible
- Same-Day Registration: No
- Restoration of Rights: Some Lifetime Disenfranchisement
- Vote by Mail: Excuse-Only
- Electronic Registration Information Center Member: Yes
- Early Voting Opportunities: Regular Ballot Early Voting
- ID Requirements: ID Requested, but not Required
Relying on the Cost of Voting Index for Delaware as of 2024, we considered the state a middle tier state for pre-existing voting policy and compared its 2025 activity against other middle tier states.
How Our Tier Compares
2025: This Past Year
Legislative Action
The Delaware General Assembly did not pass any significant election-related bills during the 2025 session. However, in budget language, the General Assembly required the Delaware Department of Motor Vehicles to ask voters their political party affiliation during their motor vehicle transactions.
- HB 226, the supplemental budget bill, included funding for the DMV to allow voters to register their chosen party affiliation during the Secure AVR process, as opposed to via a post-transaction mailer.