The party bosses, the sister-in-law also noticed, were running a lot more candidates this year to fill county committee seats, of which there are more than 2,700. “I have no doubt that if one name was used without permission there are others who don’t know they are on the ballot as well,” the sister-in-law told her. “Jillian, this is very interesting though I don’t quite get it,” I wrote. But the party machine had nominated more than 1,300 of them, most presumably legitimate. I tried to think like a corrupt party hack.

Source: New York Times August 27, 2018 15:47 UTC