Voters automatically registered to vote at the DMV can still choose a party and vote in the 2026 Delaware Primary Election.
Those unaffiliated AVR voters are allowed to pick a party up to and including on September 15, the date of the primary election.
"So people who are registered on their polling place card - the big purple mailer that everybody just received - on that mailer, it'll have their party listed as 'no party - AVR' that means that you're going to be able to go to your polling place or an early voting site and there declare a party and vote in the primary election," said Cathleen Hartsky-Carter, the community relations officer with the Delaware Department of Elections.
Voters can also complete a party change online, download and print a form to complete or call or email the Elections office for a form to be mailed or emailed.
Voters can also fill out a form to affiliate with a political party in person at their county Department of Elections Office during business hours.
"Delaware is a closed primary state. So you have to affiliate with either the Democratic or Republican party in order to vote in that primary election. When you do that, your party will be changed to the political party that you voted in that primary election you voted in," said Hartsky-Carter.
Early voting for Delaware’s Primary Election starts Wednesday.
