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A bizarre mix-up during last year’s election for a State Senate seat in the Bronx led to a dead person’s name appearing on the ballot.
Raphael Klapper died back in May, but was listed as the Conservative Party candidate in the 31st District in November.
He received 828 votes, a far cry from the winner, Adriano Espaillat.
Klapper’s relatives say they had no idea his name was on the ballot and that he never expressed interest in running for office.
His son ran for an Assembly seat back in 2008.
A spokesperson for the Board of Elections says if the family or political party had notified them of his death seven days before the election, his name would have been removed from the ballot.