Former Hawthorne Mayoral Candidate Charged In Voter Fraud Effort To Register 8K Homeless People

From CBS Los Angeles:

By CBSLA Staff

November 17, 2020 at 12:38 pm

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Two men – including a former Hawthorne mayoral candidate – have been charged for allegedly submitting thousands of fraudulent voter registration applications on behalf of homeless people, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Montenegro, aka Mark Anthony Gonsalves, 53, allegedly submitted more than 8,000 fraudulent voter registration applications between July and October 2020, according to a 41-count criminal complaint from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Montenegro also is accused of falsifying names, addresses and signatures on nomination papers under penalty of perjury to run for mayor in the city of Hawthorne.

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