County elections officials have requested an investigation into four felons they say voted illegally in last November's General Election.

The Scotland County Board of Elections voted Tuesday to forward the names to Scotland County District Attorney Kristy Newton.

"The Board of Elections is required to bring this to the District Attorney's attention," said Board of Elections Director Dell Parker.

When registering to vote, people must indicate that they, under penalty of perjury for being dishonest, "have not been convicted of a felony, or if (they) have been convicted of a felony, (they) have completed (their) sentence."

A warning at the bottom of North Carolina voter registration forms reads: "If you sign this form and know it to be false, you can be convicted of a Class I felony."

A Class I felony, under the laws of North Carolina, is a felony for which the maximum sentence is 15 months.

Officials say all four men — Alvin Demon Monroe, Edward Glenn McCrimmion, Qonte Deontawn Farmer and John Willie Lewis — were convicted between August and October of 2008. Three voted during early one-stop voting while the fourth voted on election day, Nov. 4, records indicate.

The four votes have been certified and Parker said they are not expected to be ruled ineligible.

She added that it will be up to Newton whether to press charges against the men.