Pablo Zevallos is an Upper West Sider who spent the last weekend of early voting talking to registered Democrats, handing out palm cards in support of his preferred candidate for state Assembly and a more obscure position — delegates to the Manhattan Democratic party’s judicial convention.

"I always say to folks, make sure to flip to the back to learn about how to vote for delegate to the judicial convention," Zevallos said. "They would stop an most often and ask me, 'Well, what is a judicial delegate? What's this convention?' and I explain to them."

New York fills its judiciary in a complex way and county parties and bosses in the city have an outsized role.

Typically, delegates to Democratic judicial conventions pick candidates who will be justices in the state supreme court - don't be fooled by the name, in New York, Supreme Courts are the trial courts.

These delegates are the kinds of insider party positions registered Democrats around the city can fill.

Democrats can also choose representatives to state and county Democratic committees and elect district leaders.

Zevallos, a tenant lawyer by trade, is one of those Democratic district leaders.

"District leaders, I would say, are the heart and soul of organizing in our local Democratic parties here in New York City," he said.

“I always say to folks, make sure to flip to the back to learn about how to vote for delegate to the judicial convention,” Zevallos said. “They would stop and, most often, and ask me, ‘Well, what is a judicial delegate? What’s this convention?’ and I explain to them.”

New York fills its judiciary in a complex way and county parties and bosses in the city have an outsized role.

Typically, delegates to Democratic judicial conventions pick candidates who will be justices in the state Supreme Court, but don’t be fooled by the name. In New York, Supreme Courts are the trial courts.

These delegates are the kinds of insider party positions registered Democrats around the city can fill.

Democrats can also choose representatives to state and county Democratic committees and elect district leaders.

Zevallos, a tenant lawyer by trade, is one of those Democratic district leaders.

“District leaders, I would say, are the heart and soul of organizing in our local Democratic parties here in New York City,” he said.

This year, all but one election will be decided among registered Democrats, with races in every borough except Staten Island.

Democratic voters can also pick their party’s candidates for judicial races.

In Queens, there is a contested Democratic primary for Surrogates Court, which handles wills and estates.

In Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, there are primaries for civil court judges, who handle cases up to $50,000 and other small claims and housing matters.

But these judges could end up overseeing more than money matters.

“When you win a civil court seat, you could be sent to Criminal Court, you could be sent to Family Court,” Michael Oliva, a political consultant who has managed judicial campaigns, said. “You want somebody who is qualified to sit on the bench in all of those areas of law?”

He said it’s unfortunate that voters are typically uninterested in these races, particularly in a presidential year.

But they should — a name on the ballot today can become a name in the headlines tomorrow. Judge Arthur Engoron would know. He was the judge in former President Donald Trump’s Manhattan civil trial.

“He was on the scene, trying to become a judge, like so many people I worked with,” Oliva said. “You never thought in a million years he would be presiding over a case for the former president, which is amazing.”