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Skid Row residents were paid to sign ballot petitions with stolen identities, feds charge

James Brass, 47, allegedly managed a team of signature collectors and also collected signatures himself for ballot petitions used to shape California law, according to a federal indictment returned Wednesday.

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Skid Row residents were paid to sign ballot petitions with stolen identities, feds charge
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