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Fakery charges get some airing, Nassau DA gets some documents...

Friday September 3, 2010 8:43 PM By Dan Janison and Celeste Hadrick

For several weeks, there have been different fraud claims coming out of the 21st A.D. race where there's competition to succeed GOP Assemb. Thomas Alfano, who decided not to seek re-election. Mimi Pierre Johnson draws fire from Pat Nicolosi on the Democratic side, reflected in Elmont blog pieces such as this one which seems persuasive on the strict point that someone "signed" a petition...

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