A video appeared to show a group in San Francisco illegally offering strangers $5 in exchange for their signatures on a state ballot initiative.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California’s secretary of state launched an investigation after video surfaced that appeared to show people paid ...

The California Secretary of State's office is investigating apparent ballot initiative petition fraud in San Francisco stemming from a video circulating online.

The California Secretary of State is investigating apparent voter petition fraud after a viral video showed a group in San Francisco illegally offering $5 for signatures — and even directing someone ...

SAYS HE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO ASK A JUDGE TO INTERVENE.. THIS SAN BENITO COUNTY VOTER ONE OF ROUGHLY 20 PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYING THEY WERE DUPED INTO SIGNING A ...

On Nov. 17, Austin Smith — a former state legislator and Turning Point Action leader — entered a guilty plea on one count of “attempted fraudulent schemes and practices” and one count of “illegal ...

The attorney for one of the defendants accused of submitting false signatures for election candidates and other crimes for the 2022 election tried to shift the blame to the collectors of the ...

A bill heard in state House and Senate committees this year is a classic case of a solution in search of a problem. Democratic lawmakers have proposed regulating how initiative signature-gatherers get ...

Mount Clemens — Two men accused of being the ringleaders of a signature fraud scheme that kept the names of multiple judicial and gubernatorial candidates off the August 2022 primary ballot will be ...