Lake County has been drawn into an investigation concerning potential voter registration fraud after receiving more than 6,000 new registrations from Project Voter Registration Indiana. The Indiana State Police announced Tuesday it is expanding its investigation that began in late August in Marion and Hendricks counties alleging the filing of fraudulent voter application information by Project Voter Registration Indiana to include an additional seven counties: Lake, Allen, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson and Madison. A search warrant was served Tuesday at the Indianapolis business offices of the Indiana Voter Registration Project. Michelle Fajman, elections board director, confirmed Tuesday the office has been working with the Indiana State Police in its investigation. She said a notification from the Indiana Secretary of State was received around Sept. 15 letting the office know that a group was possibly being investigated after a large dump of registrations in Marion County.
Fajman said the election board also had received a large number of new registration applications from Project Voter Registration Indiana and reported the information to the secretary of state. “We have probably a little over 6,000, nowhere near the 20,000 in Marion County,” Fajman said.
Lake County Prosecutor Bernie Carter said his office also has been working with the Indiana State Police in the matter and pursuing its own criminal investigation. “Lake County is investigating that entity. We have not brought charges yet,” Carter said, declining to comment on the extent of the ongoing investigation or any timeline for potential charges.
Full Article: Voter registration fraud probe to expands to Lake County – Post-Tribune.