Scrutiny grows over alleged political scheme in Huntington Town Supervisor race; questions surround Working Families Par
The Suffolk County Board of Elections certified the Huntington Town Supervisor election results Nov. 21 amid an ongoing furor surrounding Working Families Party candidate Maria Delgado, who told Newsday days after the election that she had “no idea” she was on the ballot. The New York State Attorney General’s office confirmed it is looking into complaints received.
Delgado amassed 1,219 votes for the minor party, politically left of the Democrats, far surpassing the 418-vote difference between Democrat Cooper Macco and the victorious incumbent Republican Ed Smyth.
The close race and unusual ballot prompted greater scrutiny by local and national media, surfacing accusations — and denials — of ballot raiding, whereby operatives working in favor of a mainstream candidate flood the voter pool in a minor party’s primary election to deliberately create a spoiler candidate in a general election.
“A lot of people are frustrated with the outcome of the election as a result of what would seem to be, sort of, manipulation by someone or some group of people in order to steal the Working Family Party line,” said Macco.
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