洛杉矶：女子承认付钱给无家可归者登记投票，面临牢狱之灾
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Los Angeles. A 64-year-old petition circulator, Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, admitted this week that she paid individuals, including people experiencing homelessness, between $2 and $3 to register to vote and sign petitions while gathering signatures across Los Angeles. Federal prosecutors said she sometimes instructed registrants to use a former address, which led to multiple ballots sent there. On Monday the Justice Department announced Armstrong agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of paying another person to register to vote, a charge that carries up to five years in prison. DOJ officials cited plea documents and, in one report, an undercover video as evidence; prosecutors and advocates said the case will influence enforcement of voter-registration and petition circulator rules in the coming months.
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Timeline of Events
- 阿姆斯特朗在洛杉矶做请愿书收集员大约二十年。
- 调查人员发现，有无家可归者被支付 2-3 美元来注册和签署请愿书的情况。
- 法院文件和认罪协议记录了付款以及为注册使用前地址的情况。
- 司法部周一宣布，已对一项支付他人注册投票的联邦重罪提起指控。
- 阿姆斯特朗同意认罪，并面临可能被判处五年联邦监禁的指控。
Why This Matters to You
此案例凸显了公平选民登记的重要性。它提醒我们要注意收集您签名或选民登记的人。如果您不确定，可以随时到官方地点进行选民登记或签署请愿书。
The Bottom Line
阿姆斯特朗的行为破坏了我们投票系统的完整性。她将因其罪行面临最高五年的监禁。此案是对其他可能考虑类似策略的人的警告。如果您注意到可疑活动，请报告给您当地的选举官员。将此发送给重视公平投票过程的人。
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起诉方和选举诚信倡导者获得了证据和一桩备受瞩目的案件，以支持执行选民登记法律。
流浪者作为支付目标，遭受了剥削，公众对请愿和选民登记过程的信任受到了损害。
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