A district attorney in Pennsylvania is investigating whether more than two dozen voter registration applications and mail-in ballot applications are “fraudulent.”
According to Monroe County District Attorney Mike Mancuso, the county’s board of elections officials disovered the approximately 30 application forms, which were set aside, per a Fox News report.
Monroe County is located in northeastern Pennsylvania.
The registration forms were spotted by the county’s board of elections officials, who then separated the forms and referred the matter for further investigation, Monroe County District Attorney Mike Mancuso said in a statement.
Some of the forms were submitted by “Field and Media Corps,” an apparent subsidiary of Fieldcorp. Fieldcorp is an Arizona-based organization that has been working in Lancaster County, Mancuso said.
“The broader investigation continues with reference to Fieldcorp’s involvement,” he said.
Mancuso told residents to be calm in light of the news. He said his office “is in regular contact and working with investigators from the Attorney General’s Office as well as others.”
“A further update will be made in the next day or so,” he said.
Election officials in Lancaster County, located in the southern part of Pennsylvania allegedly received two batches of fraudulent or incomplete voter registration forms last month.
The 2,500 forms were marked suspicious for having false names, duplicative handwriting, or unverifiable or incorrect identifying information, officials said.
The county’s election officials alerted the Pennsylvania Department of State and the state attorney general’s office and a criminal investigation was initiated.
The disputed applications reportedly were not from a single party and came from different lcations across the county.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry said late Thursday her office has been working to resolve the issue.
“While we will not be divulging sensitive information about these investigations, we want to clarify that the investigations regard voter registration forms, not ballots,” Henry said. “These attempts have been thwarted by the safeguards in place in Pennsylvania. We are working every day with our partners to ensure a fair, free, and safe election.”
She also vowed to hold those responsible accountable.
“The investigations are ongoing, and offenders who perpetrated acts of fraud will be held accountable under the law,” she said.
