N.Y. Election Law § 9-206: Canvass of election district returns of general and special elections

§ 9-206. Canvass of election district returns of general and special

elections. The canvassing board shall canvass the votes cast within the

county for state, county, city and town offices; also the vote cast on

any ballot proposal. The canvass by the county board of canvassers

relating to the offices of president and vice president of the United

States, governor, lieutenant-governor, state comptroller,

attorney-general, United States senator, member of the house of

representatives, member of the state senate, member of the assembly and

any ballot proposal shall show in each election district the total

number of persons voting at such election, the number of votes cast for

each candidate, the number of unrecorded or blank votes for each of the

above-mentioned offices and each ballot proposal. Write-in votes cast

for president or vice president for persons who were not certified by

the state board of elections as write-in candidates for such offices

shall not be canvassed for such candidates but such votes shall be

canvassed as void votes. If, during the canvass, there shall clearly

appear to be any omission or clerical mistake in the return for any

district filed with the board of elections, the canvassing board may

summon the election officers before the board, and such officers shall

meet forthwith and make any necessary correction, in order that their

canvass may be correctly stated, but they shall not alter any decision

theretofore made by them.