Investigative journalist James O’Keefe took a team of his O’Keefe Media Group operatives to Skid Row in California, and says he found rampant vote-buying – actually cash handed over for ballots that often were simply made up.
“Oh, you can just fake an address,” one vote-gatherer said.
🚨Los Angeles Election Fraud Caught on Hidden Camera
LA election petitioners were caught on tape giving homeless individuals other voters’ information, instructing them to forge voter names and signatures, and offering cash and drugs as incentives to register to vote. https://t.co/lCmAAPktyR pic.twitter.com/mf4dsxv4Md
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) June 8, 2026
CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS FRAUD CASH FOR BALLOTS PART I: Homeless Bribed with Cash & Drugs In Exchange For Registering To Vote & Signing Election Petitions Caught On Tape Undercover On Skid Row In California.
“You can just put Pinocchio Lane.”
California NGOs Encourage Fake… pic.twitter.com/2pkylhgPY9
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) March 17, 2026
Their report charges that homeless people are bribed with cash and or drugs in exchange for registering to vote and such.
“You can just put Pinocchio Lane,” one homeless person is told.
Their footage, they said, confirms 28 instances of cash changing hands for ballot signatures and voter registration forms.
Their report said, “On hidden cameras, petitioners admitted they are paid $7–$10 per signature, sometimes earning $1,000 or more per day, collecting signatures from individuals with minimal knowledge of what they were signing.”
“Paying per signature and encouraging fake addresses violates federal and state election law and is proof of fraud happening in California,” the report said.
