Two Ohio Voter-Registration Workers Fired

[AmyStrange]

Two Ohio Voter-Registration Workers Fired
Thu Jun 3, 3:01 PM ET

FROM: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040603/ap_on_el_st_lo/brf_voter_registration_fraud&e=5
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Two workers with a community activist group's voter-registration campaign were fired after authorities determined they submitted fraudulent forms to election officials.

The workers were collecting voter registrations for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, when they turned in the forms, which were duplicates or contained false information.

The group agreed Wednesday to perform extra checks on its paperwork. "This just makes it harder for everybody," organizer Katy Gall said. "We definitely are glad we were able to catch it at this stage."

Matthew Damschroder, director of the Franklin County Board of Elections, blamed a bonus paid to workers based on the number of new registrations they collected.

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