Officials in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, have announced that they have identified “as many as 2,500 completed voter registration forms” as being possibly fraudulent, less than two weeks before the hotly contested November election.

An unspecified number of voter registration forms were flagged as fraudulent, Lancaster County officials said in a news conference.

Officials in a Pennsylvania county say an investigation is underway after election workers identified about 2,500 voter registration forms that may be fraudulent.

Lancaster County officials announced Friday that they are reviewing roughly 2,500 voter-registration applications that were submitted just before the state’s deadline after flagging indicators of possible fraud.

Pennsylvania is this year’s most crucial swing state as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris remain locked in a tight election.

Authorities in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania are examining 2,500 voter registration forms for potential fraud, officials said on Friday, less than two weeks before the Nov. 5 presidential election.

Forgery of a registration application is a third-degree felony punishable by up to seven years in prison and a fine of up to $15,000. Violations of the Election Code carry penalties including a 10-year suspension of the right to vote.

According to the local elected officials, a batch of 2,500 ballots is suspected to have large numbers of fraudulent registration forms.

The Lancaster County Board of Elections has launched an investigation following the discovery of 2,500 fraudulent voter registration forms