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This is the second question. The votes to be counted are the votes of the electors. But who are the electors? The persons appointed by the States, in the manner directed by their Legislatures respectively. How is the fact of appointment to be proved? These are the subordinate questions, the answers to which go to make up the answer to the main question.
What are the means of separating the genuine from the counterfeit? Where are the tests by which to distinguish the true votes from the false?