Voter registration problems reported in Michigan

The Detroit Free Press has a story, “Bad voter applications found: Clerks see fraudulent, duplicate forms from group.” However the story does not provide much detail as to the extent of these potential problems, and how many are potential duplicates or potential fraud:

“There appears to be a sizeable number of duplicate and fraudulent applications,” said Kelly Chesney, spokeswoman for the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office. “And it appears to be widespread.”

Chesney said her office has had discussions with ACORN officials after local clerks reported the questionable applications to the state. Chesney said some of the applications are duplicates and some appear to be names that have been made up. The Secretary of State’s Office has turned over several of the applications to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Nathan Henderson-James of Project Vote pointed out to me in an email this afternoon that the story goes on to note:

In Oak Park, clerk Sandra Gadd said they have been seeing “lots of duplication” from ACORN in recent months but were reassured by ACORN officials that the group was working to correct the problem.

“They’ve been very cooperative,” Gadd said. “I spoke with them this week. They called me, and they’re willing to go door-to-door to do whatever they have to do to take care of this.”