Randolph “Randy” Oscar Madrid remains listed among the three candidates for Menifee City Council’s District 4 seat. No immediate removal from the November ballot has been reported by the city or Riverside County’s Office of the Registrar of Voters, and the registrar is not expected to print and distribute voter information pamphlets until early October, according to MyNewsLA.com.
What prosecutors allege
The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office has charged Madrid, 73, with two counts of perjury, one count alleging false voter-registration information and one count alleging a false declaration of candidacy, according to Menifee 24/7. Prosecutors allege that Madrid reported on registration and candidacy documents that he lived within Menifee, while investigators concluded that he did not meet the residency requirement, MyNewsLA.com reported.
The case followed a complaint about Madrid’s residency, according to the District Attorney’s Office account cited by The Press-Enterprise. Public-record information reviewed by MyNewsLA.com indicated that Madrid has a residence in Lake Elsinore and previously lived in Los Angeles and Orange counties. The residency allegations and the charges remain unresolved in court.
A separate California case
The residency allegations against Madrid come amid another California local-election prosecution. In a separate Stockton City Council District 5 case, The Stockton Record reported that a candidate was arrested Aug. 19 and released on bond after a warrant listed five felony counts involving alleged perjury, voter-registration violations and a false declaration of candidacy. The Stockton case involved five counts rather than the four charged against Madrid and is separate from the Menifee prosecution.
Case timeline and potential penalties
Ballot timing and candidate status
According to the California Secretary of State, county elections officials will begin mailing ballots by Oct. 5 for the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. The information available for this report does not identify a legal process or order that would remove Madrid before ballots are mailed, so his current ballot status remains unchanged.
Madrid was arrested Thursday, booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside and released after posting $30,000 bond, The Press-Enterprise reported. He is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 23, 2026, at the Riverside Hall of Justice, according to MyNewsLA.com.
Madrid filed his statement of candidacy in June. His paperwork was processed in July, and he qualified for the ballot in August, according to MyNewsLA.com. The case is being handled by the District Attorney’s Public Integrity Unit.
California Elections Code section 18203 makes it a crime to submit a nomination paper or declaration of candidacy known to be false. MyNewsLA.com reported that a conviction on all four charges could expose Madrid to up to five years in state prison, although the same report said prior election-fraud convictions in Riverside County generally had not led to prison time. Madrid has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County. He is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
