Voter registration fraud leads to charges against 7, state says

Seven individuals were charged with falsifying voter registration forms in last year’s election — not for political reasons, but for personal gain, according to Pennsylvania Attorney General David Sunday .

A year-long review of thousands of registration forms resulted in charges against the director of the registration drive, as well as six canvassers from Pennsylvania.

In a court affidavit filed with the criminal charges on Friday, investigators said Guillermo Sainz, 33, of Sierra Vista, Arizona, an employee of Field+Media Corps, “instituted unlawful financial incentives and pressures in his push to meet company goals to maintain funding which in turn spurred some canvassers to create and submit fake forms to earn more money.”

The canvassers are Richard Perez, 32, of Whitehall Townsh