five city council men including the council president, as well as four other public officials and political operatives. talking about the voter fraud case and absentee ballots. no comments. no comment. reporter: who do you think about it. i have no comment. reporter: they are under investigation for what is called a massive voter fraud scheme. the faking of more than 50 absentee ballots from the working families party. during a 2009 primary election. last year, voters named on the ballots told us they never voted by absentee. the applications included voting excuses, like in two cases, bus trip to casino. jessica falsely claimed she was attending a work conference in boston. you did not write that or cast the ballot. i did not. did you vote. no. they have your vote at the board of election. they do. reporter: and brian s application said he was at home recovering from a medical procedure. did you fill out a ballot application. no. i didn t fill any of those.