CA Signature Gatherer Agrees To Plead Guilty In Voter Registration Scheme

According to her plea agreement, Armstrong regularly paid between $2 and $3 to induce individuals to sign petitions

Prosecutors also said that when some homeless individuals lacked a permanent address, Armstrong occasionally instructed them to use one of her former Los Angeles addresses on voter registration forms.

Those forms simultaneously registered individuals to vote in both California and federal elections.

Attorney Bill Essayli called the case a clear example of voter fraud during a news conference announcing the plea agreement

Attorney Bill Essayli called the case a clear example of voter fraud during a news conference announcing the plea agreement.

“This is not an allegation, this is not a theory, this is an example of admitted voter fraud,” Essayli said.

He added that federal authorities intend to aggressively prosecute election-related crimes.