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New York Consolidated Laws, Election Law - ELN § 17-136. False returns;  unlawful acts respecting returns

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An inspector or clerk of an election who intentionally makes, or attempts to make, a false canvass of the ballots cast thereat, or any false statement of the result of a canvass, though not signed by a majority of the inspectors, or any person who induces or attempts to induce any such inspector or clerk to do so, is guilty of a felony.

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