India, Nov. 8 -- Republican political operative Aidan Rowan has been charged with multiple felonies in New York after prosecutors accused him of forging absentee ballot applications and submitting a fraudulent ballot during local primary elections in June. Court documents have alleged that Rowan completed election paperwork without voters' consent in a case.

Rowan,25, allegedly filed forged election documents on behalf of four voters while running for a local Republican committee seat, according to court records and law enforcement officials.

The case has drawn attention because Rowan has held several Republican Party positions in New York and previously worked as a congressional intern. Investigators have not said whether the allegedly...