A Paterson councilman and his wife were indicted today on charges they conspired during the 2010 city council election to churn out fraudulent mail-in ballots from their campaign headquarters, sometimes assuming the identities of constituents and voting without their knowledge.

State authorities said Rigo Rodriguez, 41, of Paterson, a candidate for mayor, and his wife, Lissette, 34, who was the leader of his re-election campaign, had campaign workers illegally act as “messengers” and “bearers” for mail-in ballots despite not being designated by voters.

The pair also allegedly had ballots submitted as votes for people who never received the ballots, completed them or authorized that they be cast.

NJ.com has all the sordid details on how the couple and their campaign volunteers allegedly carried out this scheme to steal votes and an election.