Pennsylvania’s top election official confirmed his office is investigating potentially fraudulent voter registration applications after authorities in multiple counties reported the issue.
Noting that the discovery of possibly fraudulent registrations are “absolutely” troubling, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt told local news outlet ABC27 Sunday that “Lancaster County … is doing what every county does,” which is to determine whether voter registration applications are legitimate.
Lancaster County officials set the problematic registrations aside and they were sent to local law enforcement, Schmidt said.
“I want to stress these are not ballots that were cast, but rather applications to register to vote,” he said during an election briefing, reported CNN. “The Pennsylvania Department of State has been in touch with the county from the very beginning to provide guidance to them as they conduct their review and will continue to support them as needed.”…