Voter registration fraud alleged in Colo.

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Prosecutors charged two people Wednesday with filling out multiple voter-registration forms and said they were investigating "reams" of documents for potential problems. Monique Mora, 20, and Pelonne Page, 21, are accused of putting down false information on the forms or having others do it. The two were working for one of many groups that paid people in Colorado this year to register voters.

Jim Fleischmann, a regional director for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, said the workers were paid by the hour, not for each registration. He said some apparently tried to give the impression they worked longer hours than they did."We find it abhorrent and do everything we can to prevent it from happening," he said.

Similar investigations are under way in several counties, said Lisa Doran, a spokeswoman for the secretary of state's office.Secretary of State Donetta Davidson has said she is confident that poll workers and election judges will be able to catch potential fraud on Nov. 2.

Lynn Kimbrough, spokeswoman for the Denver district attorney, said Mora and Page each were charged with six counts of procuring false registrations, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 18 months in jail and a fine up to $5,000.There was no indication that anyone named in the forms intended to vote more than once, Kimbrough said. She said the Denver district attorney's office is still investigating "reams" of registration forms and other election-related documents deemed suspicious by workers at the Denver Election Commission.

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