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Federal election probes are a step toward restoring faith in voting

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Some stakeholders in LA have exploited homeless voters –– and lax voting rules –– to entrench their power.

Now the Trump administration is investigating. 

Plainclothes federal agents spread through Skid Row this week to explore  possible election fraud –– including reports that homeless people were paid to complete voting forms, forge signatures and cast votes for left-wing candidates for mayor.

Once again, LA’s top federal prosecutor, Bill Essayli, has done great work probing allegations of fraud that state and local officials have scant incentive to address.

Investigating alleged Skid Row voting bribes, along with other claims of election fraud in California, are a key step toward restoring public trust in Golden State elections. 

Since the June 2 primary, California’s been a global laughingstock for its lax guardrails on voting, ban on voter ID, slow system of late vote-counting, and anything-goes election process that’s so........

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