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WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is an excerpt from an article by Catherine Candisky from The Columbus Dispatch, and is being released today by the Republican National Committee:

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Amid new allegations of voter fraud, the Ohio secretary of state conceded yesterday that the eligibility of nearly a third of newly registered voters is in question.

The latest developments raising questions about the integrity of this battleground state's voting system came 20 days before the Nov. 4 presidential election ...

Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien confirmed that he is investigating alleged voter and registration fraud involving 13 newly registered voters who came to Columbus for a get-out-the-vote campaign and used the same address, a small East Side home. ...

O'Brien told The Dispatch that he is investigating allegations that 13 out-of-state residents recently registered to vote, all listing their address as 2885 Brownlee Rd.

They apparently were in Columbus working for Vote From Home, a group working to increase young-voter turnout in Ohio and using the house as their base of operation, O'Brien said.

"None of the people who registered had prior contacts with Columbus and Franklin County," O'Brien said. "You must be a resident of the state of Ohio in order to register and cast a ballot, and that's the issue being examined -- whether they were proper residents of Ohio."

Two of the individuals voted in person at Veterans Memorial while a third returned a completed absentee ballot by mail, said Matt Damschroder, deputy director of the Franklin County Board of Elections.

Another seven using the address requested absentee ballots by mail, but it's unclear whether they have submitted them. Three others registered but did not request an absentee ballot or participate in early voting.

Election fraud is a fifth-degree felony with a maximum sentence of a year in prison and a $2,500 fine. ...

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