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Automatic Voter Registration at Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles

  • Pursuant to Delaware law (15 Del. C. § 2050A), every person who:
    • completes an in–person or online application for the issuance or renewal of their Delaware Driver's License, Learner's Permit, or State Identification Card or completes an in–person or online application to change their name or address on these documents, and
    • is not already registered to vote, is of sufficient age, and whose citizenship status has been confirmed by the Division of Motor Vehicles is automatically registered to vote by the Department of Elections.
  • Voters who were automatically registered to vote through the DMV ("AVR voters") were not given the opportunity to select a political party affiliation at the time of registration. As a result, these voters may complete and submit a form to designate their party affiliation as Democratic or Republican at any time up to and including September 15, 2026, the date of the Primary Election.
  • The 2026 Primary Election will be the last election in which this AVR party–affiliation provision applies. Pursuant to a recent change in Delaware law, individuals registering to vote through the DMV will soon be given the opportunity to select a political party affiliation as part of the voter registration process.
  • Voters who are automatically registered to vote at the DMV ("AVR Voters") are automatically registered with "No Party" affiliation (i.e., not affiliated with any party) and are registered as of the date of their DMV transaction.
  • Immediately following a person's automatic voter registration, the Department of Elections will mail a NOTICE OF AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION, which includes a RESPONSE TO AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION form.
  • The purpose of the Notice is to:
    1. Inform AVR Voters that, as of their DMV Transaction Date, they are registered to vote in Delaware as an unaffiliated ("No Party") voter;
    2. Provide AVR Voters the opportunity to choose a party affiliation if they wish;
    3. Provide AVR Voters the opportunity to review their eligibility to register and cancel their registration if they are ineligible or do not want to be registered to vote at this time; and
    4. Advise AVR Voters of Delaware's Address Confidentiality Programs, outlined in 15 Del. C. § 1303 and 11 Del. C. § 9613.
  • AVR Voters may complete and submit to the Department the Response to Automatic Voter Registration form included in the Notice mailing to cancel their registration/unregister to vote.
  • AVR Voters may complete an online form and submit it at https://ivote.de.gov to cancel their voter registration/unregister to vote.
  • Complete and submit to the Department the Response to Automatic Voter Registration form included in the Notice mailing, or
  • At ivote.de.gov, or
  • Download, complete, and submit a voter registration application with your new party affiliation from the Department's website, or
  • At a Department of Elections office to complete a voter registration application to change your party, or
  • Call the Department of Elections office in your county to have a voter registration application mailed to you to complete with your new party affiliation and return to the Department to process.
  • Voters who were automatically registered to vote through the DMV ("AVR voters") were not given the opportunity to select a political party affiliation at the time of registration. As a result, these voters may complete and submit a form to designate their party affiliation as Democratic or Republican at any time up to and including September 15, 2026, the date of the Primary Election.
  • The 2026 Primary Election will be the last election in which this AVR party–affiliation provision applies. Pursuant to a recent change in Delaware law, individuals registering to vote through the DMV will soon be given the opportunity to select a political party affiliation as part of the voter registration process.
  • Write "Not at this address" in an open area of the envelope.
  • Place the mail piece in a mail collection box (mailbox), take it to the Post Office, or hand it to your postal carrier.
  • The United States Postal Service (USPS) will return the mail piece to the Department, and the Department will start the address verification voter removal process in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).