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A woman from Marina Del Ray has admitted to illegally paying homeless people on Skid Row to register to vote in what prosecutors say is a 20-year scheme tied to illegal petition signature collection.

On several occasions, she even let homeless people use her own address to register, meaning mail-in ballots could be sent to her home, a plea agreement obtained by The California Post states.

Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, also known as “Anika,” took a plea deal for one felony count of paying another person to register to vote in a federal election, prosecutors announced Monday.

The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

“False registrations undermine Americans’ faith in elections – even more so when payoffs are involved,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon in a statement. “This Justice Department is committed to ensuring that all U.S. elections are fair and free from illegal meddling – so that all Americans can accept the results with confidence.”

Prosecutors allege Armstrong targeted Skid Row because of its dense homeless population and regularly offered cash payments — typically between $2 and $3 — to persuade people to sign petitions.

The above photo is German athlete Luz Long and American athlete Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin, Germany–who formed an unlikely friendship that continued beyond the Olympics.

In Long’s final letter to Owens, written soon before Long died during the invasion of Italy, he wrote (as found on Letters of Note):

I am here, Jesse, where it seems there is only the dry sand and the wet blood. I do not fear so much for myself, my friend Jesse, I fear for my woman who is home, and my young son Karl, who has never really known his father. My heart tells me, if I be honest with you, that this is the last letter I shall ever write. If it is so, I ask you something. It is a something so very important to me. It is you go to Germany when this war done, someday find my Karl, and tell him about his father. Tell him, Jesse, what times were like when we not separated by war. I am saying—tell him how things can be between men on this earth.

Years later, Jesse Owens became friends with and served as the best man to Luz’s son Karl in his wedding.

Oh huh! I hadn't realized I didn't post this one here on Tumblr! I finished this study in early March and have plans to have it be one of 3 pieces to go together 🙂‍↕️