Homeless people on Skid Row were paid to register to vote, feds charge

A longtime signature gatherer will plead guilty to paying homeless people on Skid Row to help get initiatives on the ballot, federal prosecutors said Monday, part of an effort to crack down on what they claim is widespread voter fraud across the state.

Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, of Marina del Rey agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of paying a person to register to vote, prosecutors announced Monday. She faces up to five years in prison.