Article: STATE GOP CHAIRMAN CLAIMS VOTER FRAUD PREVALENT, ORGANIZED

The chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia called on top state officials Monday to investigate "what appears to be coordinated and widespread voter fraud" committed by people attempting to register new voters in the state.

Del. Jeff Frederick, R-Prince William County, said last week's arrests of three people involved in a voter registration effort in Hampton are indicative of "a troubling trend" in Virginia. The three canvassers, who range in age from 18 to 22, are accused of making up names in order to meet quotas for the nonprofit organization that hired them. They worked for the Community Voters Project, which discovered the alleged fraud during a check of forms submitted by the ...