FACTOID # 5: The top five states for youth voter turnout in the 2000 Presidential Election all went for Al Gore.
 
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The South > Delaware > Government

DELAWAREAN GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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2004 Election > Total registered voters 46 [46th of 51]
2004 Election > Total voted 45 [45th of 51]
2004 Election > Total votes as percentage 19% [19th of 51]
2004 Election > Voting age population 45 [45th of 51]
Article Seven of the United States Constitution > Headline text > Date December 7, 1787
congressional apportionment > 1789–1910 > 1789 1
congressional apportionment > 1789–1910 > 1790 1
congressional apportionment > 1789–1910 > 1830 1
congressional apportionment > 1789–1910 > 1860 1
congressional apportionment > 1789–1910 > 1880 42 [42nd of 44]
congressional apportionment > 1920-present > 1920 46 [46th of 48]
congressional apportionment > 1920-present > 1940 45 [45th of 48]
congressional apportionment > 1920-present > 1970 48 [48th of 50]
Electoral Votes 49 [49th of 51]
Gun Laws > Permits
A permit is not required to purchase firearms. A permit is required to carry a concealed handgun.
Gun Laws > Prohibited firearms
It is illegal, with limited exceptions, to sell, transfer, buy, receive, or possess a sawed-off shotgun or machine gun or any other firearm adaptable for use as a machine gun.
Gun Laws > Prohibited persons
law prohibits purchaseor possession of a firearm by any person who is convicted of a felony or crime of violence involving physical injury to another; committed for a mental disorder to any hospital, mental institution, or sanitarium; convicted for unlawful use, possession, or sale of a narcotic, dangerous drug, central nervous system depressant or stimulant, or controlled substance; adjudicated delinquent for conduct which if committed by an adult would constitute a felony; subject to a protection from abuse order; or convicted of any misdemeanor crime of domestic violence as defined by statute. A juvenile cannot possess a handgun without adult supervision. It is illegal to transfer a firearm to a child under 18 years of age (without parental consent), a person who intends to commit certain crimes, or a prohibited person. A handgun cannot be sold to a person under the age of 21 or to an intoxicated person.
Patents Issued 31 [31st of 54]
Seats in the House of Representatives 48 seats [48th of 50]
State court > Nomenclature > Court of Last Resort
Supreme Court
(previously: Court of Errors and Appeals)

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SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005.; Wikipedia: Article Seven of the United States Constitution ; Wikipedia: United States congressional apportionment ; FirstGov Official Government website; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003; United States Patent and Trademark Office; The United States House of Representatives; Wikipedia: State court

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