
They Paid Homeless People to Forge Your Vote. James O'Keefe Caught It on Tape.
In a bombshell undercover investigation now reverberating across the country, James O'Keefe and O'Keefe Media Group sent journalists into Los Angeles' Skid Row disguised as homeless individuals — and documented 28 separate instances of petitioners handing out cash, cigarettes, and marijuana in exchange for ballot petition signatures and voter registrations. Paying someone to register to vote is a federal felony under 52 U.S.C. §10307, punishable by up to five years in prison.
Part II of the series revealed something even more alarming: petition circulators were supplying the homeless with printed lists of real registered voters' names and addresses, then instructing them to forge those voters' signatures on ballot petitions — potentially thousands of times across Los Angeles.
The impact has been immediate. Governor Newsom's office, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, the LA District Attorney, the California Secretary of State, and the White House have all responded. President Trump shared the footage on Truth Social. The DOJ has been sent the tapes. The LA DA's Public Integrity Division has opened a preliminary review and is coordinating directly with OMG.
O'Keefe Media Group needs to raise $18,300 to fully cover the cost of this investigation — with Part III already in production. Every dollar funds the undercover fieldwork, secure equipment, legal review, and rapid-release operations that no other news organization is willing to do.