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Officials at the Lancaster County Board of Elections Office said Friday that it suspects thousands of voter registration applications to be fraudulent.

Officials on the election board and District Attorney Heather Adams held a press conference regarding the issue and said there is an ongoing investigation.

According to the officials, 2,500 forms are suspected to be fraudulent, local media reported. 

“Staff noticed that numerous applications appeared to have the same handwriting (and) were filled out on the same day,” Adams said during the press conference. 

“The confirmed indicators of fraud that detectives came across were inaccuracies with the addresses listed on the applications, fake and false personal identification information, as well as false names,” she continued. “Also, applications that had names that did not match the provided Social Security information.”

Adams said that at least two other counties in Pennsylvania are conducting similar investigations but did not say which ones. 

She said that police may be contacted if additional assistance is needed for the investigation.