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4. Enrico Villamaino pleads guilty to 11 charges in voter fraud scheme

Mon Aug 5, 2013, 01:45 PM

Aug 2013

SPRINGFIELD — Former East Longmeadow Selectman Enrico Villamaino pleaded guilty on Monday to 11 charges related to a voter fraud scheme before last year's statewide primary.

Villamaino told Hampden Superior Court Judge Mary Lou Rup that he pleaded guilty because he is guilty and hopes for some leniency.

Villamaino was a Republican candidate for state representative when an unusually large number of absentee ballots was requested in East Longmeadow. An investigation revealed that the party enrollment of nearly 300 voters in town had been changed from Democratic to unenrolled.

District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni asked Rup to sentence Villamaino to one year in the state House of Corrections. Mastroianni said Villamaino's crimes were an "extraordinarily serious offense."

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/08/enrico_villamaino_former_east_1.html#incart_m-rpt-2

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East Longmeadow absentee ballot surge triggers state investigation - Update [View all] SecularMotion Aug 2012 OP

Interesting. The town has a total population of less than 16,000. TheCowsCameHome Aug 2012 #1

Interesting information in the comments section as well. canoeist52 Aug 2012 #2

Yes, the comments were most interesting indeed. intheflow Aug 2012 #3

Enrico Villamaino pleads guilty to 11 charges in voter fraud scheme SecularMotion Aug 2013 #4