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Officials in several Pennsylvania counties continue to investigate potentially fraudulent voter registration claims as Trump made some misleading or false claims about the incident.

Lancaster, Berks, Monroe and York counties are investigating thousands of voter registration applications they believe are potentially fraudulent, according to various state officials. According to the updates, through ongoing investigations, some apps have been confirmed to be fraudulent and some have been found to be legitimate.

However, as recently as last week, Trump said Lancaster County was “caught… by 2,600 votes.”

“They found, I understand, I mean, I don’t know what happened in the last day or so, but they found 2,600 ballots in Lancaster that were all the same hand,” Trump said Sunday in Pennsylvania. .

However, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General, Trump’s characterization is not true. In a statement last week, the state’s top prosecutor, Michelle Henry, said the “investigation is about voter registration forms, not ballots.”

Lancaster County officials also said Monday that of the roughly 2,500 claims being investigated, more than half were found to be valid. According to Lancaster County Commissioner Ray D’Agostino, 57% of the applications were verified, 17% were found to be fraudulent and 26% are still under investigation and are either incomplete or unverified.

D’Agostino stressed that the investigation with the district attorney is still ongoing. “We take this very seriously,” he said.

In York County, officials last week said their investigation into a batch of 3,087 applications resulted in 47% being “confirmed as legitimate” and being approved, 29% being incomplete and being reviewed, and 24% being rejected and being processed. under investigation YES.

Election officials stressed that this alleged fraud was contained and stopped, and say the case highlights the effectiveness of the system. Henry said the fraud attempts “failed.”

“These attempts were thwarted by Pennsylvania’s security measures,” Henry said in a statement last week.