Delaware Code § 15-5144

Unauthorized release of absentee vote information; penalty
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(a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally releases, transfers, distributes, or otherwise permits or facilitates the distribution of
information relating to the number of absentee votes cast in favor or against any particular candidate or measure prior to the close of
the polls on the day of an election at which absentee votes were cast and counted is guilty of the unauthorized release of absentee vote

information in the first degree and shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $500 and may be imprisoned not less than 1 nor more
than 2 years.
(b) Any person who recklessly releases, transfers, distributes, or otherwise permits or facilitates the distribution of information relating
to the number of absentee votes cast in favor or against any particular candidate or measure prior to the close of the polls on the day of an
election at which absentee votes were cast and counted is guilty of the unauthorized release of absentee vote information in the second
degree and shall be fined not more than $200 and may be imprisoned not more than 1 year.

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