YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Officials in York County have released a statement following reports of potential voter registration fraud.
York County President Commissioner Julie Wheeler revealed the latest update in an ongoing review of a large batch of voter registration applications that was delivered to the York County Office of Elections and Voter Registration.
"Last week, the York County Office of Elections and Voter Registration received a batch of 3,087 voter registration applications," Officials with the York County Board of Elections wrote in a statement. "Our election staff has been working diligently to process each of those applications and is analyzing every document to ensure each application was completed legitimately and legally. When questionable applications are identified, they are immediately referred to the York County Office of District Attorney for further analysis.”
Through the ongoing review, the following is the current status report of the 3,087 applications received in bulk delivery to the elections office.
- Approximately 47% of applications have been verified as legitimate and were approved.
- Approximately 29% of applications were found to have incomplete information; approval of these applications is pending additional information from the applicants.
- Approximately 24% of applications were declined and are undergoing further review by the York County Office of District Attorney. Of the declined applications, 85% are duplicate registration requests.
“For every eligible voter whose application remains under review, they can still vote in person on Election Day by provisional ballot," officials wrote in a statement. "Those provisional ballot votes will then be set aside on Election Day and will not be counted until the questions related to their registration are resolved.”
Similar issues have popped up within the last week in Lancaster and Monroe Counties.
The Department of State and respective county District Attorney's offices are assisting in those investigations.
