Voter Registration Group Accused Of Turning In 25 Forged Voter Applications

During an emergency election board meeting Wednesday, the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office said it has discovered dozens of voter registration applications submitted by the New Georgia Project have been forged. Last week, Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp issued a subpoena to the voter registration group, which was founded by Democratic House leader Stacey Abrams. As part of the subpoena, the group is supposed to turn over all documents related to voter registration efforts and canvass sheets.

The Secretary of State’s office began investigating the organization after receiving complaints from more than a dozen counties. So far investigators for the office say they’ve confirmed 25 forged voter applications submitted by the group in seven counties. The Chief Investigator for the office Chris Harvey said the secretary of state believes one or more canvassers for the group committed the fraud, mainly by contacting voters over the phone. He also said the office has been unable to determine whether 26 others are fraudulent. In addition to forgery, investigators say there are also instances of false statements, false voter registration and providing fraudulent information on a registration document.