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Title: The Electoral Votes of 1876
Who Should Count Them, What Should Be Counted, and the Remedy for a Wrong Count

Author: David Dudley Field

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Language: English

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THE ELECTORAL VOTES OF 1876:

Who Should Count Them, What Should
Be Counted, and the Remedy
for a Wrong Count.

by

DAVID DUDLEY FIELD.

New York:
D. Appleton and Company,
549 & 551 Broadway.
1877.

Copyright by D. Appleton and Company, 1877.

THE ELECTORAL VOTES OF 1876.

WHO SHOULD COUNT THEM,
WHAT SHOULD BE COUNTED, AND
THE REMEDY FOR A WRONG COUNT.

The electoral votes of 1876 have been cast. The certificates are now
in Washington, or on their way thither, to be kept by the President of
the Senate until their seals are broken in February. The certificates
and the votes of thirty-four of the States are undisputed. The
remaining four are debatable, and questions respecting them have
arisen, upon the decision of which depends the election of the
incoming President. These questions are: Who are to count the votes;
what votes are to be counted; and what is the remedy for a wrong
count? I hope not to be charged with presumption if, in fulfilling my
duty as a citizen, I do what I can toward the answering of these
questions aright; and, though I happen to contribute nothing toward
satisfactory answers, I shall be excused for making the effort.

The questions themselves have no relation to the relative merits of
the two candidates. Like other voters, I ex