Police Expand Investigation Into Potential Voter Registration Fraud in Indiana to 56 Counties

An investigation into the potential filing of fraudulent voter application information has expanded from nine Indiana counties to 56, police announced Friday. 

Indiana State Police said earlier this week detectives had obtained a search warrant for business offices of the Indiana Voter Registration Project in nine counties. On Friday, they announced the number of counties involved in the investigation had jumped to 56. 

The investigation into the Indiana Voter Registration Project began in August after allegations that fraudulent records may have been filed, possibly disenfranchising several voters.

With the investigation’s expansion, authorities believe the total of potentially fraudulent records “may be in the hundreds.”

Authorities said the investigation indicates the false information filed is a “combination of made up names and made up addresses, real names with made up or incorrect addresses and false dates of births with real names as well as combinations of all these examples.”

“Victims of the activities by some agents of the Indiana Voter Registration Project may not discover they have been disenfranchised from voting until they go to vote and realize their voting information has been altered,” state police said in a statement. “Such action may result in the citizen having to cast a provisional ballot.”

The investigation is “complex,” police said, and could take several more weeks, possibly even months, to complete.

News of the investigation's expansion precedes Tuesday's vice presidential debate, involving Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Sen. Tim Kaine. 

Voters are being urged to check their information and ensure they are properly registered at https://indianavoters.in.gov. If information listed on the site is inaccurate, potential victims should contact their local voter registration office and the 24-hour Indiana State Police Voter Registration Application Fraud tip line at (888) 603-3147.

The full list of counties includes:

1. Adams

2. Allen

3. Bartholomew

4. Benton

5. Blackford

6. Boone

7. Brown

8. Carroll

9. Cass

10. Clark

11. Clay

12. Clinton

13. Daviess

14. Dearborn

15. Decatur

16. DeKalb

17. Delaware

18. Dubois

19. Elkhart

20. Fayette

21. Floyd

22. Franklin

23. Fulton

24. Gibson

25. Grant

26. Greene

27. Hamilton

28. Hancock

29. Harrison

30. Hendricks

31. Henry

32. Howard

33. Huntington

34. Jackson

35. Jasper

36. Jay

37. Jefferson

38. Jennings

39. Johnson

40. Knox

41. Kosciusko

42. LaGrange

43. Lake

44. LaPorte

45. Lawrence

46. Madison

47. Marion

48. Marshall

49. Martin

50. Miami

51. Monroe

52. Montgomery

53. Morgan

54. Newton

55. Noble

56. Owen

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