Ballot harvesters accused of secretly bribing Skid Row homeless into voting in election: Every day

A number of homeless people living in Los Angeles’ infamous skid row said petition circulators and election workers have been paying and bribing them for signatures and voter registrations.Multiple people said they were given a few bucks to sign paperwork, sometimes not even in their own name, in interviews with FOX LA.“They will pay you to fill out the petition,” one resident said.“Cigarettes, here you go.

Money, here you go,” another recounted.Many said they registered their address as a nearby church or homeless shelter.The largest concentration of homeless voters was at the Midnight Mission in Skid Row, where voting records show 1,160 registrations, The California Post exclusively reported.The Midnight Mission has only beds for 84 men and 36 women.

The LA County Registrar told FOX “individuals experiencing homelessness may register by identifying a location where they regularly stay.”A number of individuals said many times, all the alleged bribers wanted was a signature.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story “They have like a name already set for us and they just want the little signature,” one man said.“A lot of them do.”The interviews come as scrutiny increases on allegations of voter fraud in California, particularly after Tuesday’s Los Angeles mayoral primary.Last month, Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong agreed to plead guilty to bombshell charges that she paid homeless people on Skid Row to register to vote in a 20-year scheme tied to illegal petition signature collection.She even let homeless people use her own address to register to vote, a plea agreement said.

Payment ranged from money or cigarettes, and phone cords.“Today’s an example where fraud did occur.Not only did Ms.

Brown pay people to register to vote, wh...