Kiss said Tuesday that she had not lived as an adult at 1015 Edison Ave. in Philadelphia, but that she might have lived there as a child.
But a letter to the City Commissioner's Office dated Aug. 7, 1996, a copy of which was obtained by The Inquirer yesterday, reads: ``Please cancel my voter's registration for Philadelphia County effective this date. I was registered to vote under the name Elinda B. Fishman at 1015 Edison Avenue.''
The letter is signed ``Elinda Fishman Kiss.''
Kiss did not return repeated telephone calls yesterday, and there was no way to verify that the signature on the letter was hers.
Her husband, Steven, said he knew nothing about the accusations until yesterday. ``I am shocked,'' he said. ``We don't discuss politics in our family.''
According to a handwriting expert hired by State Rep. Roy W. Cornell, Kiss' opponent for the 152d District seat, signatures on Philadelphia and Montgomery County registration cards and Philadelphia ballot forms from 1994 and 1995 were written by the same person.
The analysis was done in May by Irene A. Setlak of Handwriting Consultants of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg.
The Montgomery County Republican Committee leveled the allegations at a news conference Tuesday, and called on authorities to investigate.
``It certainly seems that if this is true it would be a violation of county, state and federal election laws,'' said Montgomery County Commissioner Richard S. Buckman, chairman of the county Elections Board.
``We know that she does live in Montgomery County, so she's probably in violation in Philadelphia County, but we are investigating,'' he said. ``And we're waiting to see what our district attorney is going to do.''
Under state law, the penalties for voting in more than one election district in any given election are a maximum fine of $1,000 and a maximum of five years in prison.
