§ 12-108. Electoral college; certificate of vote, how distributed. The
president of the electoral college shall immediately transmit the
certificates of vote so made pursuant to section 12-106 of this title
with the lists attached thereto. Such transmission of each such
certificate shall occur at the same time, in the most expeditious method
available, in the following manner:

1. one certificate to the president of the United States senate at the
seat of the federal government.

2. two certificates to the state board of elections, one of which
shall be held by it subject to the order of the president of the United
States senate or the archivist of the United States, as appropriate,
pursuant to the laws of the United States and the other shall be
preserved for one year and shall be a part of the public records of the
board and be open to public inspection.

3. two certificates to the archivist of the United States at the seat
of the federal government.

4. the other certificates to the chief judge of the United States
District Court of the northern district of the state of New York.