Although a large number of fraudulent registrations were initially made by registrants who didn't actually own a valid trademark, a challenge procedure later weeded out most of these.

The normal course of action when an insurer discovered fraudulent registration, usually after a claim was filed, was to rescind the policy and refund the premium.

Mrs. Dolen, however, asserted that fraudulent registration was rare, and said officials did not regularly investigate the credentials of new voters unless they were challenged by another citizen.

Republicans had challenged the right of those people to vote because mail sent to their addresses had been returned as undeliverable - evidence, they said, of fraudulent registrations.

A censor had the ability to fine a citizen, or to sell his property, which was often a punishment for either evading the census or having filed a fraudulent registration.

The ADN refused to go along with its ally and eventually charged the MNR with conducting fraudulent registrations.

In a vote along party lines, the board rejected a recommendation to turn over the information about fraudulent registrations to the district attorneys in the five boroughs.

And they are pressing for criminal investigations into accusations of fraudulent registrations in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and several other cities.

No official in states where voter registration drives were conducted have come forward with substantial numbers of fraudulent registrations.

(These procedures are in place to inhibit fraudulent registration of ICE vehicles as Electric in order to avoid smog inspections.)