2 accused of voter registration fraud in Los Angeles County

A man seeking to run for mayor of a Southern California suburb and a co-defendant allegedly submitted 8,000 fraudulent voter registration applications on behalf of homeless people, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.

Overt acts listed in the criminal complaint did not indicate any fraudulent ballots were cast, and a press release did not specify how the homeless were involved. In an email response to queries, the prosecutor’s office declined to comment.

Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Montenegro, 53, and Marcos Raul Arevalo, 34, each pleaded not guilty...