For the fake signatures on the registration forms of voters and various petitions homeless people from Skid row in Los Angeles (CA) received money and cigarettes. This occurred both during the presidential elections in 2016, and during the midterm elections in 2018, said the prosecutors.
District of Skid row, known as a habitat of most of the homeless of the city of angels.
Charges the suspect was charged 3 weeks ago, but this became known only yesterday, November 20.
According to prosecutors, in a «massive scheme of fraudulent voters» are charged with 9 people. For the signature of the homeless were paid with cigarettes or cash at $1 per signature.
«Generally, fraud signatures are not particularly common in California, but from time to time these things happen,’ admitted the officer Deon Joseph from Skid row. Is a blow to our democracy.»
Those who are hired to collect signatures for any ballot initiative, of course, are paid, and for each signature. But to pay people for what they put their signature on the election law prohibits.
According to police captain Mark rein, the fraud was recorded by undercover agents, and records from surveillance cameras. Homeless «hired» at one of the shelters when they went there for free lunch.
Those arrested are men and women aged 35 to 62 years. To them threatens till 6 years of imprisonment.
None of the stray charges present, not steel.
