HARRISBURG (Oct. 17) – The state Republican Party is suing the Department of State and ACORN, a community rights group leading a massive voter registration drive, because “we’re not confident we can trust the results of this election,” Rob Gleason, the Republican State Committee chairman, said Friday.

The lawsuit, filed in Commonwealth Court, seeks an injunction forcing the state to improve its database of voter registrants, known as SURE, which Gleason said is unreliable and faulty, preventing counties from verifying new applicants; to take extra measures to require that first-time voters present identification before voting, a rule Gleason said some counties and polling places do not enforce; and to increase the amount of provisional ballots available at polling places.

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