Twelve employees of a voter mobilization group in Indiana with Democratic ties were charged Friday with submitting fake or fraudulent voter registration applications, The Associated Press reports.
The Indiana Voter Registration Project, a group focused on registering and mobilizing black voters, allegedly submitted an unknown number of false voter applications in order to meet quotas, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Marion County prosecutor Terry Curry said the police investigation found no evidence of voter fraud or suppression and that the charges came from the “very bad, ill-advised business practice” of setting a quota for workers.
The affidavit states that the workers were paid $10 per hour and worked five-hour shifts.