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Exclusive | Skid Row homeless claim they’ve been paid to vote for Karen Bass and Nithya Raman

Nypost · · 952 words · By Jamie Paige; Katie Jerkovich
Voter Fraud Political Corruption Exploitation of Homeless Populations
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Metro exclusive Skid Row homeless claim they’ve been paid to vote for Karen Bass and Nithya Raman See more of our coverage in your search results.

Claims checked 11
Techniques found 3
Topics 3

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
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Center80%
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5 sources compared across this story cluster. This is an eFinder estimate from indexed source coverage, not an editorial rating.

What happened

Metro exclusive Skid Row homeless claim they’ve been paid to vote for Karen Bass and Nithya Raman See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on GoogleA series of shocking videos show homeless residents on Los Angeles’ Skid Row claiming they were paid to vote for Mayor Karen Bass and councilwoman Nithya Raman.

Common ground

The California Post obtained copies of the videos after they were published Tuesday on the TikTok account LaneNeedsSpencerPratt.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Guilt by Association: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/us-news/la-skid-row-homeless-claim-theyve-been-pai…

psychologyPropaganda Techniques Detected

eFinder identified 3 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing loaded language helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.
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Name Calling / Labeling 80% confidence
Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing name calling / labeling helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.
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Guilt by Association 70% confidence
Discrediting an idea by linking it to a disliked group or person.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing guilt by association helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The practice, commonly known as ballot harvesting, is legal in California”
PENDING
This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 2: “One shelter in Venice, where 185 Raman voters were registered, received $600,000 from taxpayers care of the socialist Raman”
SINGLE SOURCE
The provided web search results for 'shelter' and 'Venice' are irrelevant (referring to a film and Seattle shelters) and do not provide evidence for the specific $600,000 funding claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Shelter is a 2026 action thriller film starring Jason Statham as a former British government assassin living in isolation off the coast of Scotland who is forced back into violent confrontation with h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelter_(2026_film)
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web search NEUTRAL — Temporary shelter that offers a safe, home-like refuge to homeless families in Seattle.
https://www.shelterlistings.org/city/seattle-wa.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 28, 2022 · The Shelter Listings site has an excellent national listing of shelter resources, including emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent affordable housing resources: www.shel…
https://seattlecrisis.org/shelters.html
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Claim 3: “The guide, titled “How To: Ballot Delivery,” was published by the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America in May 2022 and remains available online”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a guide titled 'How To: Ballot Delivery' published in May 2022.
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Claim 4: “The videos surfaced one day after former reality television star Spencer Pratt was eliminated from the Los Angeles mayoral race”
CORROBORATED
Multiple sources confirm Spencer Pratt was eliminated from the mayoral race, finishing third, which aligns with the timeline of the runoff between Bass and Raman.
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web search NEUTRAL — Los Angeles mayor race: Nithya Raman on earning support of Spencer Pratt voters 'I want them to expect more from the city'. 48 minutes ago.Video Raman advances, Pratt eliminated in LA mayoral race. 2 …
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to TMZ, Spencer Pratt finished third in Los Angeles's primary, leaving incumbent Karen Bass and city councilwoman Nithya Raman to a November runoff that sets the mayoral matchup.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/videos/spencer-pratt-eli…
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web search NEUTRAL — Spencer Pratt lost the Los Angeles Mayoral race and people are ANGRY #spencerpratt #losangeles #california #election #mayor.Spencer Pratt is the worst option for mayor of Los Angeles. Are we really ab…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/anti-spencer-pratt
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Claim 5: “Another woman, who said she was living on the street, also claimed she accepted money to vote for Mayor Bass. “It was like two bucks,””
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The claim appears in the title/context of one search result ('It Was Like Two Bucks'), but is not independently corroborated by a second distinct news organization.
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · The meaning of UNIDENTIFIED is not having a known or established identity : not identified. How to use unidentified in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unidentified
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web search NEUTRAL — UNIDENTIFIED definition: 1. whose name is not known or is being kept secret: 2. whose name is not known or is being kept…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/unidenti…
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web search NEUTRAL — Unidentified: Directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour. With Abdullah Al-Qahtani, Mila Al Zahrani, Aziz Gharbawi, Shafi Al Harthi. A grieving mother, fueled by her passion for true crime, seeks answers when a te…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32298366/
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Claim 6: “thousands of homeless voters were registered to shelters where they didn’t live”
SINGLE SOURCE
The claim is reported by the New York Post (cross-reference), but no other independent news sources in the provided evidence corroborate the specific 'thousands' figure or the lack of beds.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles (LA or L.A.) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.87 million residents …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Feliz (; Spanish for "The Feliz (family)", Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [los ˌfeˈlis]) is an American hillside neighborhood in the greater Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, abutt…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Feliz,_Los_Angeles
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ten Thousand is a 40-story residential skyscraper located at 10000 Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. The high-rise tower, built by developer Crescent Heights and was designed by Handel Architects…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Thousand_(Los_Angeles)
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Claim 7: “A Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America openly promotes a guide instructing volunteers on how to encourage voters to cast ballots on the spot and hand them over for delivery”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the existence of this guide or the instructions described.
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Claim 8: “A fourth resident, identified as Mark Sanchez, claimed... “To sign a petition for the mayor or different things in office and they paid me $4 or $5 in different accounts,””
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The specific quote and name 'Mark Sanchez' appear in one web search result, but no other independent source confirms this specific individual's claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — A fourth resident, Mark Sanchez, says canvassers paid him on multiple occasions to sign materials tied to local officeholders. "To sign a petition for the mayor or different things in office, and they…
https://www.mixedtimes.com/politics/it-was-like-two-bucks-ho…
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web search NEUTRAL — We already have leaked benchmarks for the new M4 Pro and M4 Max chips and this may be the fastest computer in existence at least when it comes to the CPU and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj4wbjBoz9I
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web search NEUTRAL — Instantly play the most demanding PC games and seamlessly play across your devices.
https://play.geforcenow.com/mall/
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Claim 9: “homeless residents on Los Angeles’ Skid Row claiming they were paid to vote for Mayor Karen Bass and councilwoman Nithya Raman”
CORROBORATED
Multiple web search results confirm that claims were made by homeless residents on Skid Row regarding payments to vote for Karen Bass and Nithya Raman, though some sources characterize these claims as 'unfounded'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Skid Row Stabber is an American serial killer, responsible for the murders of 11 people in the Los Angeles neighborhood known as Skid Row, which is notorious for housing a huge number of homeless …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row_Stabber
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A skid row, also called skid road, is an impoverished area, typically urban, in English-speaking North America whose inhabitants are mostly poor people "on the skids". This specifically refers to peop…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_row
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Skid Row is the unofficial name for a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles officially known as Central City East. Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the Unit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row,_Los_Angeles
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Claim 10: “a man who calls himself Kevin Shepherd, claimed he received $4 to vote for Bass”
SINGLE SOURCE
While the general narrative of payments is corroborated, the specific mention of 'Kevin Shepherd' and the '$4' amount is not independently corroborated by multiple sources in the provided evidence; it appears as part of the same reporting thread as other claims.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Osborn (August 28, 1937 – December 14, 2018) was an American bass guitar player known for his work as a session musician in Los Angeles with the Wrecking Crew and in Nashville with the A-Team o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Osborn
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This alphabetical list is limited to comedians who share their comedy through music; usually they sing and play an instrument onstage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_comedians
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Royal Family and the Poor are an English rock band from Liverpool, England. After recording two singles and two albums for Factory Records in the 1980s, they continued to release music into the 21…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Family_and_the_Poor
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Claim 11: “Skid Row resident, Rene Johnson, 39, also claimed she received $5 after being told to vote for Bass”
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Two separate web search results explicitly name Rene Johnson, her age (39), and her claim of receiving $5 to vote for Bass.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stefanie Maria Graf (, German: [ˈʃtɛfi ˈɡʁaːf] ; born 14 June 1969), known professionally as Steffi Graf and preferring to be called Stefanie since 2001, is a German former professional tennis player.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steffi_Graf
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Na…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_deaths_in_the_United_Stat…
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web search NEUTRAL — Karen Ruth Bass is an American politician who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Bass
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.