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Skid Row residents signed voter petitions with stolen IDs, feds charge
latimes.com • • nation
Key Points:
- Federal authorities arrested James Brass, 47, of Victorville, charging him and two others with paying people on Skid Row to fraudulently sign ballot petitions using stolen identities of registered voters in California.
- Brass allegedly managed a team of signature collectors and controlled Pinnacle Brass LLC, while co-defendants Courtney Price and Jateisha Herron worked as petition circulators; all face charges of conspiracy to commit identity fraud.
- The defendants are accused of using a database to steal voter identities and paying homeless individuals to copy personal information onto petitions, with Brass and Herron falsely declaring witnessing genuine signatures.
- If convicted, the defendants could face up to five years in prison per count, with prosecutors emphasizing that the scheme undermines public confidence in election systems and vowing vigorous investigation and prosecution.
- Brass reportedly received approximately $41,600 from petition coordinators linked to a petition management company, highlighting the financial aspect of the alleged election fraud scheme.
