Vote Fraud - A New York Political Tradition

But of course, as Eric Holder tells us, clean elections are racist. So you you have no business being troubled by this.

Forging absentee ballots is a tradition in the Collar City and other upstate cities, but a former Democratic candidate testified Thursday that he didn't know it was occurring in the 2009 Working Families Party primary.

"It's was something that was just in the culture for both major political parties," said Robert Martiniano, who was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the City Council's 2nd District.

Martiniano testified as a prosecution witness in the ballot-fraud trial of former City Councilman Michael LoPorto, whom he identified as a friend.