INDIANA SECRETARY OF STATE TURNS OVER EVIDENCE OF ACORN FRAUD TO THE FBI

There will be much more of this to come...

Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita submitted 100 hours worth of investigative work to the FBI and prosecutors requesting an investigation of the voter advocacy group ACORN.

Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter confirms there have been allegations of voter registration fraud in Lake County.

Rokita said 1,400 application submitted by ACORN violated Indiana election laws.

Long lines inside the County-City building are indicative of the growing popularity of early voting across the state, including Lake County, where hour-long waits are the norm.

Across the nation, the number of early voters has surged, and so have the problems.

"There have been a number of allegations about fraud in the registration process," said Carter.

Rokita has requested a criminal investigation in Lake County. He determined from 1,438 applications submitted by ACORN:

# 61 percent showed one or more indications of fraud or forgery
# 54 percent had no verifiable information
# 30 percent featured incorrect, incomplete or illegible information

"Unfortunately, Lake County has a history of vote fraud," said Carter. "It's very important that we have elections that are full of integrity and people believe that it's a fair process."

Rokita said despite claims from ACORN that it brought this matter to the attention of election officials, he indicated, "Clearly, ACORN representatives continued to submit applications they knew to be fraudulent to voter registration officials."