OSSIPEE — A short-term rental owner accused of voting in Conway illegally because his legal residence is in Massachusetts on Wednesday pleaded guilty in Carroll County Superior Court and was sentenced on two misdemeanor charges and entered into a diversion agreement on a felony.
At sentencing, Scott Kudrick, 51, addressed charges for allegedly voting illegally in the 2021 Conway town election.
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