§§ 442, 443 Boards of Canvassers. Art. 16 tary of state shall appoint a meeting of such board at his office, or at the office of the treasurer or comptroller on or before the fifteenth day of December next after each general election, and within forty days after each special election, to canvass the statements of boards of county canvassers of such election. He shall notify each member of the board of such meeting. The board may adjourn such meeting from day to day, not exceeding a term of five days. Formerly L. 1896, ch. 909, § 138, as renumbered § 139 by L. 1897, ch. 379, § 27. § 442. Canvass by state board. Such board shall at such meeting proceed to canvass the certified copies of the statements of the county board of canvassers of each county in which such election was held. If any member of such board shall dissent from a decision of the board, or shall deem any of the acts or proceedings of the board to be irregular, and shall protest against the same, he shall state such dissent or protest in writing signed by him, setting forth his reasons therefor, and deliver it to the secretary of state, who shall file it in his office. Upon the completion of such canvass said board shall make separate tabulated statements signed by the members of such board or a majority thereof, of the whole number of votes cast for all the candidates for each office shown by such certified copies to have been voted for, the whole number of votes cast for each of such candidates, the number of votes cast in each county for them, and if the voters of only a district of the state were entitled to vote for any such candidate, the name and number of such district; the determination of the board as to the persons thereby elected to such office; the whole number of votes shown by such certified copies to have been cast upon each proposed constitutional amendment or other proposition or question shown by such copies to have been voted upon; the whole number of votes cast in favor of and against each, respectively; and the determination of the board as to whether it was adopted or rejected. Each such statement, dissent and protest shall be delivered to the secretary of state and recorded in his office. Formerly L. 1896, ch. 909, § 139, as renumbered § 140 by L. 1897, ch. 379, § 27. § 443. Certificates of election. The secretary of state shall thereupon forthwith transmit a copy, certified by his signature and official seal, of each such statement as to votes cast for candidates for any office, to the person shown thereby to have been elected to such office. He shall prepare a general certifi Arts. 16, 17 Representatives in Congress and Presidential Electors. §§ 444, 450 cate, under the seal of this state, and attested by him as secretary thereof, addressed to the house of representatives of the United States, in that congress for which any person shall have been chosen, of the due election of all persons so chosen at that election as representatives of this state in congress; and shall transmit the same to the house of representatives at its first meeting. If any person so chosen at such election shall have been elected to supply a vacancy in the office of representative in congress, it shall be mentioned by the secretary of state in the statements to be prepared by him. Formerly L. 1896, ch. 909, § 140, as renumbered § 141, by L. 1897, ch. 379, § 27. § 444. Record in office of secretary of state of county officers elected. The secretary of state shall enter in a book to be kept in his office the names of the respective county officers elected in this state, including school commissioners, specifying the counties and districts for which they were severally elected, and their places of residence, the offices to which they were respectively elected, and their terms of office. Formerly L. 1896, ch. 909, § 141, as renumbered § 142 by L. 1897, ch. 379, § 27. ARTICLE 17 Representatives in Congress and Presidential Electors Section 450. Representatives in congress 451. Electors of president and vice-president. 455. Appointment of messenger. § 450. Representatives in congress. Representatives in the house of representatives of the congress of the United States shall be chosen in the several congressional districts at the general election held therein in every even numbered year. If any such representative shall resign, he shall forthwith transmit a notice of his resignation to the secretary of state, and if a vacancy shall occur in any such office, the clerk of the county in which such representative shall have resided at the time. §§ 451-454 Representatives in Congress and Presidential Electors. Art. 17 of his election, shall, without delay, transmit a notice thereof to the secretary of state. Formerly L. 1896, ch. 909, § 160, as renumbered § 190 by L. 1899, ch. 466, § 2. § 451. Electors of president and vice-president. At the general election in November preceding the time fixed by the law of the United States for the choice of president and vice-president of the United States, there shall be elected by general ticket as many electors of president and vice-president as this state shall be entitled to, and each voter in this state shall have a right to vote for the whole number, and the several persons, to the number required to be chosen, having the highest number of votes shall be declared and be duly appointed electors. Formerly L. 1896, ch. 909, § 161, as renumbered § 191 by L. 1899, ch. 466, § 2. § 452. Meeting and organization of electoral college. The electors of president and vice-president shall convene at the capitol on the second Monday in January next following their election, and those of them who shall be assembled at twelve o'clock, noon, of that day, shall immediately at that hour fill, by ballot and by plurality of votes, all vacancies in the electoral college occasioned by the death, refusal to serve, or neglect to attend at that hour, of any elector, or occasioned by an equal number of votes having been given for two or more candidates. The electoral college being thus completed, they shall then choose a president, and one or more secretaries from their own body. Formerly L. 1896, ch. 909, § 162, as renumbered § 192 by L. 1899, ch. 466, § 2. § 453. Secretary of state to furnish lists of electors The secretary of state shall prepare three lists, setting forth the names of such electors, and the canvass under the laws of this state of the votes given for each person for whose election any and all votes were given, together with the certificate of determination thereon, by the state canvassers; procure to the same the signature of the governor; affix thereto the seal of the state; and deliver the same thus signed and sealed to the president of the college of electors on the second Monday in January. Formerly L. 1896, ch. 909, § 163, as renumbered § 193 by L. 1899, ch. 466, § 2. § 454. Vote of the electors. Immediately after the organization of the electoral college, the electors shall then and there vote by ballot for president and vice-president, one of whom Art. 17 Representatives in Congress and Presidential Electors. §§ 455-457 at least shall not be an inhabitant of this state. They shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots, the person voted for as vice-president. They shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as president, and of all persons voted for as vice-president, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and after annexing thereto one of the lists received from the secretary of state, they shall seal up the same, certifying thereon, that lists of the votes of this state for president and vice-president are contained therein. Formerly L. 1896, ch. 909, § 164, as renumbered § 194 by L. 1899, ch. 466, § 2. § 455. Appointment of messenger. The electors shall then, by a writing under their hands, or under the hands of a majority of them, appoint a person to take charge of the lists so sealed up, and deliver the same to the president of the senate. at the seat of government of the United States before the third Monday in the said month of January. In case there shall be not president of the senate at the seat of government on the arrival of the person intrusted with the lists of the votes of the electors, then such person shall deliver the lists of votes in his custody into the office of the secretary of state of the United States. Formerly L. 1896, ch. 909, § 165, as renumbered § 195 by L. 1899, ch. 466, § 2. $ 456. Other lists to be furnished. The electors shall also forward forthwith, by the post-office in the city of Albany, to the president of the senate of the United States at the seat of government, and deliver forthwith to the judge of the United States court for the northern district of the state of New York, similar lists signed, annexed, sealed up and certified in the manner aforesaid. Formerly L. 1896, ch. 909, § 166, as renumbered § 196 by L. 1899, ch. 466, § 2. Every elector of § 457. Compensation of electors. the state for the election of a president and vice-president of the United States, who shall attend at any election of those officers and give his vote at the time and place appointed by law, shall be entitled to receive for his attendance at such election, the sum of fifteen dollars per day, together with ten cents per mile each way from his place of residence by the most usual traveled route, to the place of meeting of such electors, to be audited by the comptroller upon the certificate of the secretary of state, and paid by the treasurer. Formerly L. 1896, ch. 909, § 167, as renumbered § 197 by L. 1899, ch. 466, § 2. $$ 470, 471 Metropolitan Elections District. Art. 18 ARTICLE 18 Metropolitan Elections District Section 470. Metropolitan elections district. 471. State superintendent of elections, chief deputy and assistants. 472. Powers of superintendent, clerk and deputies. 474. Additional deputies. 475. Control and powers of deputies; refusal to furnish 476. Aid by private persons and public officers. 478. Administration of oaths by superintendent and 479. Attendance and duties at polling places. 481. Affidavits by hotel keepers holding liquor licenses. 483. Reports by police and certain departments. tendent of elections. 485. Card lists of registered voters. 486. Removal of deputies. 487. Salaries and expenses. 488. Report to governor. The coun § 470. Metropolitan elections district. ties of New York, Kings, Queens, Richmond and Westchester are hereby constituted a metropolitan elections district for the purpose of all elections for state officers hereafter to be held therein. Formerly L. 1898, ch. 676, § 1, as am'd by L. 1905, ch. 689, § 1. § 471. State superintendent of elections, chief deputy and assistants. The governor shall appoint an officer, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to be known as "the state superintendent of elections for the metropolitan elections district," who shall be a resident of one of the aforesaid counties and shall hold office for the full term of four years. Such term shall begin on the first day of January in every fourth year beginning with the year nineteen hundred and three and shall expire on the thirty-first day of December. Vacancies |