Voter registrations questioned
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
By Staff
State looking into forms filed in some N.C. counties by ACORN, a group under investigation in other states
The State Board of Elections is investigating suspicious voter registration forms submitted by a grass-roots organization whose problems have drawn national attention.
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as ACORN, conducted a voter drive that registered nearly 28,000 people in North Carolina. But some of the forms it filed had information that may have been copied from phone books, local election officials said.
Durham County's elections office turned over about 120 suspect forms to the state for investigation about three weeks ago, and Wake County's elections office sent in about 30 suspicious forms last week. (more…)
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