Remember the ELECTION FRAUD in EVERETT 2 yeras ago???

Former state representative gets prison for election fraud

Everett legislator fined $20,000

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By Milton J. Valencia Globe Staff  April 09, 2013

A former state representative from Everett was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in ­Boston to four months in prison for cheating the absentee ballot process in two elections in which he won.

Stephen Smith, 57, a married father of four, will also serve a year of probation and must pay a $20,000 fine. He was ordered to report to a prison, to be designated by the US Bureau of Prisons, by May 21.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/09/former-everett-state-representative-stephen-smith-sent-prison-for-election-fraud/H59Nw07ujcmOAjYxlyV65M/story.html 

 

...portrayed and that Smith’s excuse that he felt pressure from the election was “a little akin to saying, ‘Mom, the test was hard, so I cheated.’ ”

Family and friends of Smith had written to Sorokin pleading for mercy, but others from ­Everett — most did not identify themselves, saying they feared retribution — wrote asking for a tough sentence.
“It’s a disgrace,” wrote one who signed the letter as a ­“disgusted Everett voter.”
Milton J. Valencia can be reached at mvalencia@
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  vladjr04/09/13 09:18 PM

  Hopefully, pension loss is next. 
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  rgspex04/10/13 08:07 AM

  There is no voter fraud, it's just anecdotal!
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  Thermopylae04/10/13 11:22 AM

   

  There should be more prosecutions along this line...voter fraud in the area of absentee ballots is suspect whenever a candidate wins with an extraordinary number of absentee ballots cast.
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  freke104/10/13 05:51 PM

  The outcry for voter ID would certainly eliminate this fraud,...wait a minute,...never mind.