Kansas City, Mo. ? Federal prosecutors charged three Kansas City-area residents Thursday with using fraudulent records to vote in both Kansas and Missouri in the Nov. 5, 2002, general election.

James Scherzer, 68, of Kansas City, Kan.; Lorraine Goodrich, 39, of Prairie Village, Kan.; and Leslie McIntosh, 67, of Kansas City, Mo., each were charged with giving false residency information to elections officials.

In each case, they registered to vote using different residence addresses in both states and signed forms at the polling places swearing they lived at those addresses, authorities said.

The U.S. Attorneys’ offices in western Missouri and Kansas are investigating the cases, which each carry a potential sentence of five years in prison and $250,000 in fines.

McIntosh didn’t immediately return a phone call to his home seeking comment, and calls to listings for Scherzer and Goodrich were not answered.

Todd Graves, the U.S. attorney for western Missouri, said Scherzer also voted in both states during a primary election in 2002, and both the primary and general election in 2000. Graves also said Scherzer used the Missouri address to obtain a Missouri driver’s license and to register a vehicle.

Eric Melgren, the U.S. attorney for Kansas, said McIntosh also voted in both states during the 2000 general election.

Neither has been charged with those crimes.

The charge against McIntosh was announced during a news conference Thursday morning where Melgren, Kansas Atty. Gen. Phill Kline, Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh and local elections officials said they were stepping up efforts to prevent election fraud or voter disenfranchisement.