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Pair Charged With Voter Fraud Over Scheme Involving Homeless And Voter Registration Forms

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Pair Charged With Voter Fraud Over Scheme Involving Homeless And Voter Registration Forms
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Two people, including a former potential mayoral candidate, have been charged in a voter fraud case where more than 8,000 fraudulent voter registration applications were allegedly submitted on behalf of homeless people in Los Angeles.

Between July and October, 53-year-old Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Montenegro, A.K.A. Mark Anthony Gonsalves, allegedly submitted more than 8,000 fraudulent voter registration applications, allegedly falsifying names, addresses, and signatures on nomination papers under penalty of perjury to run for mayor in Hawthorne, reported NBC Los Angeles on Tuesday.

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