Possible Duplicate Registration and Voting, 1998 and General Elections

Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania - News

June 14, 2002


GOP Finds Duplicate Voting



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Possible Duplicate Registration and Voting, 1998 and General Elections



Overall Findings



An analysis of all or part of 11 states (AZ, CT, FL, MA, NC, NJ, NM, NY, PA, RI, SC) resulted in the following findings:




Based on 2000 records, in those states there are 140,109 people who are registered to vote in two locations (could be two states or two counties in the same state). This includes the NY Post study. Without the NY Post numbers, the total new double registrations found is 69,887.

Based on 1998 records, 219 people's voter registrations were voted twice (once each in different locations) in the 1998 election.

Based on 2000 records, 689 people's voter registrations were voted twice (once each in different locations) in the 2000 election.

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