D.A. MIGHT REVIEW VOTE APPLICATIONS IN ASSEMBLY RACE.Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer GLENDALE -- The county's top election official said Tuesday her office has asked prosecutors to look into hundreds of absentee One who has left, either temporarily or permanently, his or her domicile or usual place of residence or business. A person beyond the geographical borders of a state who has not authorized an agent to represent him or her in legal proceedings that may be commenced against him or her ballot applications submitted by state Assembly candidate Paul Krekorian's campaign. The county registrar See domain name registrar. of voters office said some of the information on the applications didn't match voter VOTER. One entitled to a vote; an elector. records. ``The birthdays were different, the signatures appeared different,'' Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Conny McCormack said. ``So after one or two looking like that, they started looking at them and it appeared to be more prevalent.'' A spokesman for Krekorian, a Burbank school board member running for the 43rd Assembly District seat, said any irregularities were not the work of the campaign staff. They are obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. to give county officials whatever absentee ballot applications they collect. But McCormack has asked the District Attorney's Office to investigate the irregularities. The primary is June 6. The registrar sent letters May 8 to about 1,000 voters whose applications were in question and heard back from 387, McCormack said. Of the respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. , 106 said they had not filled out the application, while the rest said they had. The Krekorian campaign, which is trying to bring in new voters in the Armenian-American community, has been mailing and handing out absentee ballot applications and leaving them in senior centers, said Eric Hacopian, a Krekorian consultant. ``You have thousands of people that have never really participated in the process and that are being brought in, and that is a recipe for confusion and it is a recipe for problems,'' he said. ``We're not trying to steal votes, because that's a dumb DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND. A man born deaf, dumb, and blind, is considered an idiot. (q.v.) 1 Bl. Com. 304; F. N. B. 233; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2111. DUMB. One who cannot speak; a person who is mute. See Deaf and dumb, Deaf, dumb, and blind; Mute, standing mute. way of doing it.'' Krekorian's opponent in the Democratic primary, Glendale City Councilman Frank Quintero, held a news conference Tuesday to air concerns about the irregularities. The District Attorney's Office has not yet received the material from the registrar of voters and couldn't comment on any potential investigation. ``Just because a complaint or information is sent to us that does not mean that we automatically open an investigation,'' said Sandi Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
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