SF video showing ballot initiative petition collectors offering $5 for signatures prompts probe [9C05ehVjPkB]
The California Secretary of State's office is investigating apparent ballot initiative petition fraud in San Francisco stemming from a video circulating online. The video was posted by a city street videographer known as JJ Smith. The video appears to show paid signature collectors offering $5 to people on the streets if they signed petitions using other people's voter registration information. In an interview with KCRA 3, Smith described the people lining up to sign the petitions as those who are "down on their luck." He said he was on the corner of 6th and Mission Street when he started capturing the scene of an apparent crime. KCRA 3 is your home for California breaking news and weather. For your latest California news and weather visit: For licensing inquiries: