Lancaster County Pennsylvania Commissioners, who also make up the county board of elections, announced Friday they are investigating 2,500 voter registration applications for potential fraud. At least 60 percent of the applications investigated so far have been confirmed as fraudulent, according to Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams.
The county believes these fraudulent applications are part of a “large-scale” operation that has been underway since June, Adams said, and two other Pennsylvania counties are involved in similar investigations. She declined to name the other counties, saying they could choose to name themselves.
The voter registration applications came in two large batches from a group (or groups), which the county did not name, that has engaged in canvassing areas to register people to vote.
“We are still investigating who is behind this,” Adams said.
The last day to register to vote in Pennsylvania was Oct. 21. The batches with fraudulent registration applications arrived at the county on or near the deadline.
“Applications in in these batches are going through an extensive multi-step review process, including the district attorney’s office for further investigation, as warranted,” Lancaster County Commissioner Ray D’Agostino said in a press conference. “This includes issues of duplicate handwriting matching other voter registration forms in the batches; inconsistent signatures with what is on the file in the SURE System, because … many of these are duplicates; unverifiable and or inaccurate addresses; an inaccurate driver’s license or Social Security number of verification.”
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