New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Regulating Elections Proceedings

Chronological.

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.

This series consists of a manuscript copy of the proceedings of the Joint Legislative Committee for Regulating Elections regarding the election dispute and contested ballots of Clinton, Otsego, and Tioga counties during 1792. The volume includes the majority decision rendered by the Republican canvassers to accept George Clinton as Governor, the dissenting opinion of the Federalist canvassers, resolutions from a variety of towns accepting or rejecting the majority opinion of the Committee, and addresses from George Clinton and John Jay.

This series was transferred from the State Library in November 2000 and accessioned during April 2001.

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