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  Massachusetts Fraud case allegations include voter list misuse, signatures of dead people by: Katie Castellani Posted: Jun 23, 2026 / 02:43 PM EDT Updated: Jun 23, 2026 / 05:11 PM EDT Attorney for LG candidate says signature gatherer invoked Fifth Amendment right in deposition BOSTON (SHNS) – Allegations of signatures from dead people and a mysterious list of voters were featured in hours of testimony on a case that will determine whether a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor secures ballot access. On Monday, the State Ballot Law Commission concluded its hearing on complaints that Anne Manning Martin had filed hundreds of fraudulent nomination signatures and did not get the necessary 10,000 certified signatures to have her name printed on September’s primary ballot. The complaints came from Democratic Party Executive Director Adam Roof and Manning Martin’s challenger for the party’s lieutenant governor nomination, Shawn Oliver . The commission consolidated the two compl...

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