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A handful of leaders voted behind closed doors ahead of the party’s big meeting in September, where newly elected members are expected to push for reforms.

A 92-year-old Holocaust survivor, an immigration advocate and a financial tech worker all learned of their candidacies when contacted by THE CITY. Party reformers charge they were caught up in a scheme for power brokers to retain control.

They may have been caught up in a scheme for power brokers to retain control.

Reform Assemblymember Robert Carroll calls decision to keep judicial delegates on ballot despite dubious petition signatures "politically influenced" — while party leader Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn says he’s "xenophobic" for trying to block Pakistani representation.

District Leader Anthony Jones says the forged forms were part of a flood of ballot objections ordered by party higher ups.

"This is not my signature" said a young voter whose name and supposed sign-off are on papers filed to throw a political newcomer off the ballot. His neighbor says the same thing.

Two men tell THE CITY they did not sign petition objections submitted to the Board of Elections in their names and linked to a top Kings County Democrats lawyer. "You think we’re a bunch of idiots," says one targeted office-holder in Brownsville.