ON THE New York Laws Relating to Elections BY JOHN GODFREY SAXE, B.A., LL.B. FORMERLY STATE SENATOR, OF COUNSEL FOR MAYOR MCCLELLAN AUTHOR OF SAXE "CROSS-MARK " LAW (LAWS OF 1911, CHAP. 296) "The right of suffrage is one of the most valuable People ex rel. Stapleton v. Bell, 119 N. Y. 175, 178 NEW YORK NEW YORK BAKER, VOORHIS & CO. 1913 Preface The object of this treatise is to furnish an exposition of the New York laws relating to elections, which will serve as a text-book for lawyers, a manual for election officers and election workers, and a primer for the busy citizen who, with little time to spare, yet wishes to familiarize himself with the working of the election law and the nature of the various reforms, which, from time to time, are being advocated. The law relating to elections is contained in the state constitution, in an election law of five hundred and seventy-one sections, in the penal law, in the code of civil procedure and in various special acts. The author's professional and political activities have made him somewhat familiar with the general subject and he has attempted to bring some degree of order out of chaos and to write a treatise which will fill each of the three purposes just enumerated and do so completely, systematically, accurately, concisely and clearly. Such has been. his modest ambition during the months he has labored, and he submits the finished work to the public with mingled hope and fear. NEW YORK, September 1, 1913, JOHN G. SAXE. |