Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County identifies suspected fraudulent voter registration applications

Published October 26, 2024

Officials in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, have announced that they have identified “as many as 2,500 completed voter registration forms” as being possibly fraudulent, less than two weeks before the hotly contested November election.

A Lancaster County Board of Elections spokesman said in a Friday news release that elections staff and the district attorney’s office are “assessing the nature and volume of the fraud.” The suspected instances of fraudulent voter registration forms came from two batches that were dropped off “at or near” the Board of Elections office around the Monday registration deadline for the election, and staff members raised concerns during the normal application review process.

Lancaster County Commissioner Ray D’Agostino said at a Friday press conference that some of the problems detected with the voter registration forms included duplicate handwriting and signatures, unverifiable or inaccurate addresses, driver’s license numbers, and Social Security numbers.

“I want to stress this, no eligible voter will be turned away,” D’Agostino said, noting that state officials have been notified of the suspected fraud.

Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams said at the press conference that an investigation into the potentially fraudulent applications is underway.

 

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Workers prepare mail-in ballots for counting on November 4, 2020, at the convention center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Officials in Lancaster County on Friday announced thousands of suspected fraudulent voter applications had been discovered. AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Published October 26, 2024

Officials in a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on Friday said an investigation has been started after election workers found about 2,500 suspected fraudulent voter applications.

“Board of Elections staff members identified and contained incidents of voter registration fraud,” the Lancaster County Elections Board said in a news release. “Elections staff and the district attorney’s office are currently assessing the nature and the volume of fraud.”

During a Friday press conference, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams said the suspected fraudulent voter registrations appear to be linked to paid canvassing, though she did not provide information on who is believed to have funded the canvassers.

“It appears to be an organized effort,” Adams said, according to LancasterOnline.

Officials said a large number of suspicious voter registration applications were received at the county elections office close to the deadline on Monday. A probe by Adams’ office found incorrect addresses and false identification information, LancasterOnline reported.

 

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