Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th
By BOB LEWISAP Political Writer
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia's Republican attorney general is expanding a criminal probe of alleged efforts to destroy voter registration applications statewide.
Ken Cuccinelli's office entered the politically charged investigation Wednesday after the Republican-dominated State Board of Elections voted unanimously earlier in the day to authorize the inquiry.
A Pennsylvania man working for a company Republicans hired to conduct voter registration drives faces criminal charges in Rockingham County on allegations that he threw eight completed voter registration forms into the trash.
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