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  Assembly candidate Nelson Castro loads apartment with voting 'roomies'
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News DateTuesday, August 19, 2008 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionAssembly candidate Nelson Castro loads apartment with voting 'roomies'

Tuesday, August 19th 2008, 8:24 AM

We know the Bronx rental market's getting tight, but this voter fraud case - and the ruling - may just have to take the political cake.

It involves Nelson Castro, the Bronx Democratic Party's pick for the Sept. 9 primary to replace west Bronx Assemblyman Luis Diaz, gone to work for Gov. Paterson.

A judge's referee found that Castro and nine other registered voters list the one-bedroom Hampden Place apartment he and his girlfriend live in as their address, while 15 others list the Morris Ave. apartment of campaign coordinator Steve Santana, who ignored a subpoena to testify.
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