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Skid Row election scheme allegedly fueled by pocket-change payoffs busted by Trump DOJ

The Department of Justice charged a California woman with paying people — including homeless individuals on Los Angeles’ Skid Row — to register to vote while she worked as a paid ballot-petition signature collector, according to federal prosecutors."False registrations undermine Americans’ faith in elections – even more so when payoffs are involved," assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a press release Monday. "This Justice Department is committed to ensuring that all U.S. elections are fair and free from illegal meddling – so tha...