Reports from Fox and other sources here and here.

Alot of information in the articles but these are the main passages to take away.  The first is some comments from Michael LoPorto’s attorney:
 
“Jackals prey upon the weakest member of the herd. That’s what happened here,” LoPorto’s attorney Michael Feit said of the guilty pleas in which former officials admitted forging ballot applications and submitting them as legitimate votes.

Feit concedes “there is no question” that someone tried to steal the election. “It is awful, it’s despicable, it’s terrible,” he added.

But he insists his client was not a part of what happened, noting neither LoPorto’s DNA nor fingerprints were found on any of the allegedly faked applications. Forgery charges were dropped against LoPorto before the trial began, leaving 29 counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument.

“There is no proof, in my view, that will show … that he knew that what he possessed was a forged instrument,” said Feit, referring to the allegedly faked absentee ballot applications. “Michael LoPorto is not ‘a good ‘ol boy.’ He’s not been a politician all his life. He doesn’t rely on a political job to support himself and his family. He, in fact, got the most votes in this election. He didn’t need torig any election.”

While some will say that voter fraud is non-existent, the reports highlight how deep the fraud and corruption can run at times:

Two veteran Democratic political operatives in Troy said voter fraud is an accepted way of winning elections, and faking absentee ballots was commonplace.