a rehabilitation center in West Boylston. Police said Alice Kasaras had never been a registered voter in Marlborough. Evangelous told police he had gotten permission to sign the application from Alice Kasaras' son, Jay Kasaras - a distant relative of Evangelous - who told him he had power of attorney over his mother. Assistant District Attorney Christopher Tarrant requested yesterday that Haggerty find Evangelous guilty and impose a sentence of five years probation along with the 200 hours of community service. The request for the longer probation period was not granted. Tarrant said the punishment was warranted because of the "fraudulent nature of the case and the perceived breach of public trust by somebody running for public office." Cardinale said Evangelous made a mistake and genuinely believed that Jay Kasaras' assertion that he had power of attorney over his mother meant he could legally sign the application. "He believed mistakenly that he had authority from his friend and distant cousin," Cardinale said. Cardinale said that while that wasn't an excuse, Evangelous' actions were not malicious. More (National) - 10/12 - EXIT POLL DATA TO BE CANCELLED IN 19 STATES - The theatre that TV Election Night news coverage has become takes one more step into the absurd with cancellation of exit poll data in 19 states. The states that will be excluded from detailed exit poll coverage are: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,