ALBANY – A surprising third-party candidate. A narrow outcome on Election Day. And now, a possible attorney general’s review.

The swirl surrounding the Huntington town supervisor race has prodded all sorts of questions about how 83-year-old Maria Delgado might have played spoiler by running as the Working Families Party candidate and how Democrats missed their chance to block her and perhaps win the race.

But it’s also raised questions about how a person gets on the ballot and the age-old political mischief of ballot hijacking. Here’s what to know:

How does a person get on the ballot ?

Generally, a person may be nominated by a party that has a ballot-line in New York – think Democrat, Republican, Conservative or Working Families Party – or by filing a nominating petition. If you don’

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