A former state election official said yesterday that a system in which a business executive divides contributions to candidates through more than one account is perfectly legal in New York , giving a boost to the defense in the trial of Assemblyman Clarence Norman Jr. .
Clarence Norman Jr. /people/person/place_lived New York
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