Talk:Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1936

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[edit] 19th Century or Veterans election

... a special Veterans Committee, made up of individuals with greater familiarity with the 19th century game, was polled to select deserving individuals from that era. The intent was for 15 honorees to be selected before the 1939 ceremonies - 10 from the 20th century and 5 from the 19th;...
 In the BBWAA election, voters were instructed to cast votes for 10 candidates, the same number of desired selections; in the Veterans' election, voters were also instructed to vote for 10, although the desire for only 5 initial selections led to revisions in the way the votes were counted.

What are the sources for that? --P64 20:17, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Citations added. MisfitToys 22:44, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
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