MADISON, Wis. -- Workers registering voters for a liberal group in Milwaukee turned in hundreds of fabricated registration forms and many more that were incomplete. That's raised fears among Republican Party leaders of an election fraud repeat.
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has fired about a dozen canvassers and alerted the state election commission to most of the problem forms.
Commission director Sue Edman said they'll make sure no fabricated or incomplete forms are entered into the voter database.
Six of the former ACORN workers have been referred to the Milwaukee County district attorney's office for possible charges.
The news troubles Republican Party leaders who believe fraud in the 2004 election may have handed Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry a narrow victory in Wisconsin and fear they will see a replay in 2008. GOP executive director Mark Jefferson said the ACORN case could be "the tip of the iceberg."