DETROIT -- Michigan's attorney general is charging a former employee of a community organizing group with forgery after he says the man falsely submitted six voter registration forms.

Antonio Johnson is being held in Jackson County on a parole violation. The 23-year-old is accused of falsifying the registration forms between May 20 and June 6 in Jackson.

He worked for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN.

Jackson Clerk Lynn Fessel suspected a problem and asked police to investigate. Two residents said they didn't sign the forms and that some information used to complete the forms was incorrect.

Attorney General Mike Cox announced Johnson's arrest Tuesday.

"This office will not stand by while criminals interfere with the voting rights of Michigan citizens," Cox's office said.

Johnson couldn't be reached immediately at the jail.

"We will reach out to the attorney general and let him know that we will cooperate in any way possible with this investigation," ACORN said in a statement about the charges late Tuesday.

In Pontiac, a county clerk employee, who did not want to be on camera, told Local 4 someone tried to register to vote using her name.

"It had a phony birth date and an old telephone number of mine. Someone had forged my signature," the employee said.

The Oakland County Clerk's office said two-thirds of voter applications submitted by ACORN are invalid.

"We've seen in some communities as much as 12 applications for the same individual with different handwriting and signatures," said Joe Rozell, Oakland County elections director.

The head organizer for ACORN in Michigan, Dave Lagstein, said it submitted 210,000 voter applications it had acquired through paid workers.

"Every single card is verified," said Lagstein. "And anybody who submits a card that is not appropriate is terminated immediately."

Lagstein said workers are paid $8 an hour to collect the applications.