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12/20/12, "Mass. Democrat Admits Absentee Voter Fraud," TPM, R. Reilly
"A Massachusetts state representative has agreed to plead guilty to civil rights violations and resign from office for his role in
submitting false absentee ballot applications and casting invalid
ballots in 2009 and 2010, the Justice Department said in a news release
Thursday.
Rep. Stephen Smith, 57, of Everett, Mass. will plead guilty to two
misdemeanor counts of deprivation of rights. Smith, who represents the
28th Middlesex District in Massachusetts, allegedly cast invalid
absentee ballots for voters who were ineligible or unaware of ballots
being cast in their names. The news release said "one or more government
officials" helped Smith intercept the ballots before they were
delivered to the voters, but it did not name the officials.
Under a plea agreement, Smith will resign from office on Jan. 1, 2013
and will not be allowed to seek office for five years. Richard
DesLauriers, special agent in charge of the FBI's Boston Division, said
the bureau "methodically uncovered" the voter fraud scheme during a
two-year period." via Instapundit
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