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Top ballot harvesters in a Nassau district have GOP political ties

The race for Nassau County legislator in the 14th District has featured an interesting wrinkle this year — hundreds of absentee ballots being harvested by political insiders in the redrawn district, which the GOP hopes its new candidate will win.

The race, considered open since Republican C. William Gaylor III isn't seeking reelection, pits Republican Sheharyar Ali against Democrat Cynthia Nuñez. At least 58% of absentee ballots collected in-person countywide have come from the 14th Legislative District. Several of the folks collecting those in-person ballots appear to be experts at the art of aggressively matching voters to paper ballots. And we are told a disproportionate number of ballots found by a bipart

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