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N.Y. Election Law § 17-106: Misconduct of election officers

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  1. Election Law
  2. Article 17. Protecting the Elective Franchise
  3. Title 1. Violations of the Elective Franchise

§ 17-106. Misconduct of election officers. Any election officer who

wilfully refuses to accord to any duly accredited watcher or to any

voter or candidate any right given him by this chapter, or who wilfully

violates any provision of the election law relative to the registration

of electors or to the taking, recording, counting, canvassing, tallying

or certifying of votes, or who wilfully neglects or refuses to perform

any duty imposed on him by law, or is guilty of any fraud in the

execution of the duties of his office, or connives in any electoral

fraud, or knowingly permits any such fraud to be practiced, is guilty of

a felony.

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