The Election Law of the State of New York with Notes and Instructions

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Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Company, State Printers, 1912
 

Contents

Proclamation and statement of result
52
Filling vacancies and determination of tie vote after primaries
54
Unofficial primaries
55
Penalty for violation
56
Organization of conventions
57
Voting at state convention
58
Independent nominations
59
Independent certificates of nomination
60
Emblems
62
Conflict in names or emblems
63
Places of filing certificates of nomination
64
Times of filing certificates of nomination
65
Certification of nominations by secretary of state
66
Lists for town clerks and aldermen
67
Posting town and village nominations
68
Objections to certificates of nomination
69
Filling vacancies in nominations
70
Death of candidate after printing of ballots official pasters
71
Meetings for registration
72
Illiterate and disabled voters
83
Certification of register
90
Recommendations for appointment of commissioners of elec tions
98
Filling vacancies in board
99
Bipartisan character of board
100
Duty of police to aid board of elections
101
Disposition of registers and unused ballots
102
Official seal
103
Office hours rules and regulations of boards of elections
104
Time of opening and closing polls
106
Notice of elections
107
Publication of concurrent resolutions proposed constitutional amendments and other propositions
109
Creation division and alteration of election districts
110
Abolition consolidation or changing of election districts in towns
111
Maps and certificates of boundaries of election districts
112
Designation of places for registry and voting
113
Equipment of polling places
114
Publication of list of registration and polling places
115
Election officers designation number and qualifications
116
Appointment of election officers in cities
117
Examination as to qualifications
118
Oath of office certificate of appointment
119
Certificates of service exemption from jury duty payment
120
Appointment of poll clerks and ballot clerks in towns
122
Organization of boards of inspectors
123
Preservation of order by inspectors
124
Voting booths and guardrails
125
Apportionment of election expenses
126
Fees of election officers and others
127
Delivery of election laws to clerks boards and election officers
128
ARTICLE 13
129
Form of ballot for questions submitted
134
Sample ballots instruction eards and stationery
135
Blank forms for election officers
136
Description of tally sheets
138
Form of ballot returns
139
Form of election returns
140
Form of report of assisted and challenged voters
142
Officers providing ballots and stationery
143
Public inspection of ballots
144
Errors and omissions in ballots
145
Unofficial ballots
146
Persons within the guardrail
148
General duties of inspectors
149
General duties of ballot clerks
150
General duties of poll clerks
151
Delivery of ballots to voters
153
Assistance to disabled or illiterate voters
154
Preparation of ballots by voters
155
Manner of voting
157
When unofficial ballots may be voted
158
Preliminary oath
159
General oath and additional oaths
160
Time allowed employees to vote
161
Comparing poll books and registers verifying number of ballots
162
Gaining or losing a residence
163
Method of counting
165
Protesting ballots marked for identification
166
Original statement of canvass and certified copies preserva tion of void and protested ballots
167
Preservation of ballots not void or protested
168
Challenging applicants for registration
169
Delivery and filing of papers in the city of New York
170
Delivery and filing of papers in the county of Erie
171
ARTICLE 15
172
Examination of voting machine
173
Adoption of voting machine
174
Persons excluded from the suffrage
175
Number of official ballots
176
Instruction of election officers
178
Independent nominations
179
Opening the polls
180
Independent ballots
181
Manner of voting
182
Disposition of keys opening counter compartment 18
185
Transmission of statements of county boards to secretary of state and board of elections
195
Organization and duties of board of canvassers of the city of New York
197
Organization of state board of canvassers
198
Certificates of election
199
ARTICLE 17
200
Secretary of state to furnish lists of electors
201
Compensation of electors
202
and terms
203
Additional deputies
205
Aid by private persons and public officers
206
Administration of oaths by superintendents and deputies
207
Affidavits by hotel keepers holding liquor licenses
209
Reports by police and certain departments
210
Card lists of registered electors
212
Report to governor
213
ARTICLE 19
214
Poll books and oaths
215
Official war ballots
216
Official envelopes for war ballots
217
Delivery of official war ballots poll books and envelopes
218
Lists of nominations
219
Opening of the polls
220
Conduct of elections
221
Count of the votes
223
Returns not to be rejected because of informality of election
224
Canvass by inspectors of election
226
Canvass by state board
227
Elections may be contested
228
ARTICLE 20
229
committee
230
Treasurer of political committee
231
Statement of campaign receipts and payments
232
Secretary of state to provide forms
233
Time within which proceedings must be brought
234
Preference over other causes
235
Judgment and penalty
236
Application of article limited
237
Instructions for guidance of election officers
245
Index
263
ARTICLE
272
40
280
Custody of registers after election
284
Use of original enrollment books at official primaries
Certifying number of registered electors
Persons within the guardrail
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CONDUCT OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS CANVASS OF RETURNS
1
Party committees 99
22
Election of members of committees 23
23
Organization and rules of committees 24
24
Review of election of committees 25
25
ARTICLE 4
26
Designations by party committees 27
27
Meetings of committees for purposes of designation 28
28
Designation by petition 29
29
Filing of designations 31
31
Certification by secretary of state 32
32
Delegates to national conventions 33 34
33
Presidential electors 55 Existing committees continued 34 34
34
Emblems 36 58 Official primary ballot 36
36
Organization and conduct of official primaries
40
Qualifications of voters at official primaries 41
41
Primary districts officers and polling places 43
42
Notice of official primary 43
43
Primary poll clerks 44
44
Ballots booths and supplies 47
47
BOARD OF ELECTIONS
65
Certification of nominations by secretary of state
67
Boards of elections established
97
Record of persons challenged 163
163
Time allowed employees to vote 164
164
Comparing poll books and registers verifying number of ballots 165
165
Intent of electors 166
166
Method of counting 168
168
Protesting ballots marked for identification 169
169
Original statement of canvass and certified copies preserva tion of void and protested ballots 170
170
Preservation of ballots not void or protested 171
171
Delivery and filing of papers relating to the election general provisions 172
172
Delivery and filing of papers in the city of New York 173
173
Delivery and filing of papers in the county of Erie 174
174
ARTICLE 11
175
Examination of voting machine 176
176
Adoption of voting machine 177
177
Payment for machines 178
178
Number of official ballots 179
179
Instruction of election officers 181
181
Independent nominations 182
182
Opening the polls 183
183
Independent ballots 184
184
Manner of voting 185
185
Appointment term and qualifications of commissioners
191
Decisions of county boards as to persons elected
197
ARTICLE 13
203

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Page 90 - Sec. 2. No person who shall receive, accept or offer to receive, or pay, offer or promise to pay, contribute, offer or promise to contribute to another, to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing as a compensation or reward for the giving...
Page 162 - Any person entitled to vote at any election held within this state shall, on the day of such election, be entitled to absent himself from any service or employment in which he...
Page 50 - Inspectors, and opened so far as to ascertain whether each ballot is single; and if two or more ballots shall be found so folded together as to present the appearance of a single ballot...
Page 158 - It shall be the duty of each inspector to challenge every person offering to vote, whom he shall know or suspect not to be duly qualified as an elector.
Page 70 - ... shall thereupon make and file with the 'proper officer a certificate setting forth the cause of the vacancy, the name of the person nominated, the office for which he was nominated, the name of the person for whom the new nominee is to be substituted the fact that the committee was authorized to fill vacancies and such further information as is required to be given in an original certificate of nomination.
Page 181 - ... the person receiving the highest number of votes for any office shall be deemed and declared to be elected to such office ; and, whenever two or more persons are to be elected to the same office...
Page 186 - ... make a record of the number on the seal and the number on the protective counter, if one is provided, open the counter compartment of said machine, and without unlocking said machine against voting, shall re-canvass the vote cast thereon.
Page 187 - ... with the correct operation of the voting machine; or any unauthorized person who shall make or have in his possession a key to a voting machine that has been adopted and will be used in elections in this state...
Page 83 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State, or of the United States, or of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor while kept at any almshouse, or other asylum, at public expense; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 215 - ... that in time of war no elector in the actual military service of the State, or of the United States, in the army or navy thereof, shall be deprived of his vote by reason of his absence from such election district...

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