You would have to run candidates with different names, in this case we have a Jewish name (author) running against a somewhat Hispanic name, I imagine some percentage of people would vote just on perception of ethnicity.
That's definitely true; maybe if you know there's an anglo-sounding unopposed candidate and you have an anglo name, you can probably find an anglo friend to run alongside you.
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Easy way to test this is to have another friend run for the same office, and do zero campaigning.
Well, "easy"; at the very least, you'd know which paperwork to fill out given that you're doing it as well.
You would have to run candidates with different names, in this case we have a Jewish name (author) running against a somewhat Hispanic name, I imagine some percentage of people would vote just on perception of ethnicity.
That's definitely true; maybe if you know there's an anglo-sounding unopposed candidate and you have an anglo name, you can probably find an anglo friend to run alongside you.