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One of SLO County woman’s nine election fraud convictions nullified

October 1, 2026

Gaea Powell

By JOSH FRIEDMAN

One of the nine election fraud counts on which a San Luis Obispo County jury convicted Gaea Powell has been nullified because the verdict was not read in court.

Last month, a jury convicted Powell of nine counts — eight felonies and one misdemeanor — for election fraud committed during the 2022 and 2024 Arroyo Grande mayoral races.

However, the court clerk failed to read the verdict on one of the felony charges — fraudulent voting in the Nov. 5, 2024 election. Neither the judge, nor the jury, caught the error in time.

Under California law, if a verdict is not openly read, acknowledged and recorded before the jury is discharged, it is nullified. 

Powell’s sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 19. She will only be sentenced for seven felony convictions and one misdemeanor offense.

 


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Shouldn’t the prosecutor have noticed this as well, at the time it was happening?


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I don’t think they used the best and brightest.


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Got her day in court.


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Thought so. MAGA strikes again.

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/candidate-voter-fraud-22449220.php


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How ironic. This doesn’t mention anything about the recent 43k harvested and paid for homeless votes from LA skid row just a few months ago? Nor the videos of various late night stuffing of mail in ballots back in 2020? I could go on but, I wonder what CHATGPT would say about this article?


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and BTW, I do agree we have Loopy Lou’s on both sides of the road. Believe me, we should all get what we deserve! I heard on Dave C’s show, can’t remember who was the guest, but he did mention he thought she was really out there! LOL


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Here is the problem. You can’t relay the story correctly.your story is is BS. The people who got busted were collecting signatures and paying for them. That’s not voting. And those people were busted as they should be. As for the rest of your story no “ credible” evidence supports it.


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See this is the problem right here. There were not 43k harvested homeless votes. There were paid for harvested SIGNATURES on a PETITION. You can’t just go making nonsense up and repeating it over and over to create a bogus reality.


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I would like to see the interview after she spends the first year of her three year jail sentence.


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Ms.Powell: Model narcissist.


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Ms.Powell: A narcissist’s narcissist.


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She has a great lawyer! BWAHAHAHA


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