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The Joint Legislative Committee for Regulating Elections was authorized by the Laws of the State of New York, 10th Sess., ch. 15 ("An act for regulating elections"). The Committee, appointed yearly and consisting of six senators and six assemblymen elected by their respective bodies, was responsible for canvassing and estimating the votes for governor, lieutenant governor, and senators. The poll clerks of each town brought ballots to the county sheriff who in turn brought them to the secretary of state who presented them to the Committee. The Committee destroyed the ballots when counting was completed. Members were required to swear to an oath prescribed by law.
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