A Los Angeles County woman who worked as a longtime signature collector for ballot initiatives is expected to be sentenced Monday for paying homeless persons in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles between $2 and $3 to register to vote.
Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, of Marina del Rey, pleaded guilty in June to one count of paying another person to register to vote, a federal charge that carries a penalty of up to five years behind bars.
According to her plea agreement, for nearly 20 years, Armstrong periodically worked as a “petition circulator.” In that role, she was paid by coordinators to collect voter signatures on official petitions that qualify initiatives, referendums and recalls for California state ballots. Prosecutors said Armstrong drove around the Los Angeles area to find registered voters to sign the petitions…