Today, U.S. Senator Rick Scott sent a letter to Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon urging the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate reports of voters being paid to register, voters registered to incorrect addresses, and irregularities in the recent mayoral primary in Los Angeles.
Call on the Department of Justice to conduct a thorough investigation of alleged unlawful election conduct in California, including voter registration payments, incorrect addresses, and Los Angeles mayoral primary irregularities.
Occurrences
Evidence
Scott's office says he sent a letter urging DOJ to investigate California voter-registration payments, incorrect addresses, and Los Angeles mayoral-primary irregularities.
The letter asks DOJ to encourage "a thorough investigation of any related unlawful conduct" and discusses Los Angeles voter-registration payments and address issues.
DOJ announced a California woman was charged with paying people, including homeless people on Skid Row, to register to vote.
Assessments
The promise was to call on DOJ to investigate specified alleged California election-conduct issues, not to secure a completed DOJ investigation or prosecution. Evidence shows Scott, while serving as U.S. Senator, sent a June 12, 2026 letter to DOJ officials asking for a thorough investigation/accounting and naming the same issues: voter-registration payments, incorrect addresses, and Los Angeles mayoral-primary irregularities. That satisfies the promised oversight action during the same federal term.