Working with overlapping paths created by Live Trace

Hi I am working with a live trace that has been expanded to create many paths. Some of them are compound paths, and the inner path of the compound path fits right on top of another path of the same dimensions and positioning, like a donut hole, and that inner path is filled with a different color. I want to manipulate the donut hole at the same time as the inner path of the compound path without having to select each path separately (and without having to think about making sure the path on top is is completely contained by the path underneath). Is there an easy way to select the corresponding components (anchor, segment, or even control handle) of both paths simultaneously, or at least quickly, without having to scroll through the layers panel to locate them? There are hundreds of paths so that is not practical..
For now I am selecting whatever is on top, moving it, then selecting the path that occupied the same space underneath the moved path before it was moved... it would be really cool if more than one object could be selected at the same time, or if there is some better way to do this..
Specifically, I have a 6 color leaf traced, but but since it wasn't complete due to some obstruction in the original photo, I am trying to recreate the obstructed portion. Since there are a few colors, Live Trace created several shapes (I have done what I could to minimize the number of anchors and paths using the trace options). I think at the moment that I am just stuck with some tedious work, but am asking just in case there is something I've missed TIA!

If the different-colored adjacent paths do, in fact, have perfectly aligned anchorPoints and handles you can:
1. Move an anchor of one path.
2. Select the corresponding anchor of the other path
3. Ctrl-D (Transform Again)
Or, you can use the Lasso to select the coincident anchors of both paths and move them at once.
Either way, you are probably in for some tedious work.
Since there are only six colors at work anyway, depending on the nature of the artwork, you could perhaps convert the results to a LivePaint group. Then, (again, depending on the specific artwork), when you move an anchorPoint on an edge between two adjacent different-colored regions, the fills on both sides of the altered edge update accordingly:
See online help about LiveTrace and LivePaint features.
JET

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