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LA woman admits illegal vote sign up scheme — but escapes 5 year prison sentence in abysmal court display
The New York Post ^ | 08/31/2026 | Ben Chapman

Posted on 08/31/2026 8:44:58 PM PDT by thegagline

A Marina Del Rey woman earned a slap on the wrist after she pled guilty to bombshell charges that she paid homeless people on Skid Row to register to vote in a 20-year scheme tied to illegal petition signature collection.

Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, also known as “Anika,” even let homeless people use her own address to register to vote — meaning mail-in ballots could be sent to her home, a plea agreement obtained by the California Post states.

Armstrong in May took a plea deal for one felony count of paying another person to register to vote in a federal election. On Monday she was sentenced to 18 months of probation and ordered to perform 120 hours of community service by U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi.

Armstrong faced up to five years in prison for the despicable crime. She likely got a lighter sentence because she cooperated with prosecutors.

Prosecutors said Armstrong targeted Skid Row because of its desperate large homeless population in a relatively small area who would easily accept the $2 or $3 offer she made to sign the petition.

She worked as a petition collector for various vendors and individuals known as “coordinators,” who have not been named by prosecutors. The vendors would then pay Armstrong a set amount for each registered voters’ signature.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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Twenty years of committing crimes that have affected the integrity of our elections, and Anika pleads out to one count and gets probation. Absolutely pathetic.

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1 posted on 08/31/2026 8:44:58 PM PDT by thegagline
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To: thegagline

She is able to wrap her arm around her back to rest it on her opposing shoulder??

That looks like an AI mistake.


2 posted on 08/31/2026 8:48:34 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

lefties have a left hand even on the right side.


3 posted on 08/31/2026 8:51:31 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: thegagline

“Judgies” don’t care if the bass turd left steal elections from Americans.


4 posted on 08/31/2026 8:52:22 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Socialism is the same clown show that gave us out of control global illegal immigration.)
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To: thegagline

Message sent to all vote fraudsters: the reward is greater than the risk.


5 posted on 08/31/2026 9:11:22 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

I believe Justice would involve a rope for this traitor,


6 posted on 08/31/2026 9:20:43 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: thegagline

Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.


7 posted on 08/31/2026 9:51:24 PM PDT by cld51860 ("This business will get out of control...")
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To: thegagline
She worked as a petition collector for various vendors and individuals known as “coordinators,” who have not been named by prosecutors.

Why the hell not????

8 posted on 08/31/2026 10:10:32 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: thegagline

Yikes


9 posted on 08/31/2026 10:38:40 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: cld51860
Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.

Great film with a shocking ending.

10 posted on 08/31/2026 10:39:37 PM PDT by thegagline (If you hate Christianity, Vote Talarico. Sic semper tyrannis! Zeldin for President )
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To: thegagline

African democracy.


11 posted on 08/31/2026 11:51:39 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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“”””A Marina Del Rey woman earned a slap on the wrist after she pled guilty to bombshell charges that she paid homeless people on Skid Row to register to vote in a 20-year scheme tied to illegal petition signature collection””””


And how many times did a single homeless person register to vote by using a different name?


12 posted on 09/01/2026 2:50:46 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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And how many times did a single homeless person register to vote by using a different name?

Many times. To be fair, fentanyl is a helluva drug.

13 posted on 09/01/2026 3:10:51 AM PDT by thegagline (If you hate Christians, Vote Talarico. Sic semper tyrannis! Zeldin for President )
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To: thegagline

If she’d been registering South Africans to vote GOP, she’d be in Gitmo.


14 posted on 09/01/2026 4:00:56 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: thegagline

Escapes 5 year prison sentence in abysmal court display.

The pay off for doing the democrats foot work.


15 posted on 09/01/2026 6:16:00 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: thegagline

When committing a crime has no consequence, it just produces more crime. I’m not very smart but even I know that. Save us from moronic liberal Judges!


16 posted on 09/01/2026 7:21:22 AM PDT by drypowder
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Save us from moronic liberal Judges!

The judge was nominated multiple times by Trump. The US Attorney was Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon …you get the idea.

As an aside, typically, the DOJ prefers to sentence a cooperating defendant after they have fully flipped, provided evidence, and finished testifying against other criminals. It’s about leverage.

17 posted on 09/01/2026 11:53:11 AM PDT by thegagline (If you hate Christians, Vote Talarico. Sic semper tyrannis! Zeldin for President )
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“You get the idea”? Yeah, the Judge is a moron.


18 posted on 09/01/2026 12:26:05 PM PDT by drypowder
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