NEW: Talarico Campaigner Admits To ‘Paying’ For Votes In Shock Undercover Video

A Democratic political operative in Texas was caught on undercover video describing a paid organizing program as a “roundabout way of paying people for their votes,” triggering fresh scrutiny of a group working to boost Democratic turnout ahead of November.

The video, first published by Townhall, features Sky McAdams, an organizing manager for Texas Majority PAC, discussing a program that pays participants to take part in political organizing activities.

McAdams said participants were being offered $25 to attend an hour-long Zoom session about voting and Republican policies.

“We are paying people $25 to attend a one-hour Zoom class to learn why voting is important and why the Republicans are causing all of these bad things,” McAdams says in the undercover video. “So it’s like a roundabout way of paying people for their votes, essentially.”

McAdams described the effort as a “paid relational program” operated through the political organizing company Relentless and its Rally software.

Relational organizing programs generally rely on participants contacting friends and family members rather than sending traditional campaign canvassers to strangers.

McAdams acknowledged in the video that directly paying someone in exchange for casting a ballot for a particular candidate would be prohibited.

“You can’t pay someone to vote for someone,” McAdams says in the video. “You can’t be like, ‘Here’s $25, go vote for me.’ You can say, ‘Attend a one-hour class and you can receive $25.’ And then the class just talks about the importance of… It’s a little gray,” he continues, apparently referring to the legality of the activity.

“If I was a Republican, I would be pissed. I would be like, that’s shady as f**k.”

Texas Majority PAC has disputed McAdams’ description of the program, saying participants are being compensated for legitimate grassroots organizing work rather than for casting ballots.

The group said McAdams’ characterization was inaccurate and that he was fired after the video surfaced.

Relentless describes its paid relational programs as efforts that recruit low-propensity voters and compensate them for spending time reaching, persuading and mobilizing friends and family members.

The company says it ran similar programs in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania during the 2024 election cycle.

RELATED: Talarico’s ‘Christian’ Persona Takes Major Hit As His Pastor’s Comments Are Unearthed

Campaign finance records cited in reports show Texas Majority PAC paid Relentless $500,000 for a “relational organizing program.”

The PAC has also worked to increase Democratic turnout in Texas and has featured Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico at organizing events.

There is no evidence in the material released so far that Talarico personally directed the payment program or that his campaign itself paid people to cast ballots.

RELATED: James Talarico’s Campaign Takes New Hit After Bizarre Video Emerges

Relentless says its Rally platform was designed to allow political campaigns and organizations to scale up conversations between voters and people they already know.

“We built Rally to allow campaigns and organizations to wield the power of these conversations at scale,” it says.

“Rally is a tool that is built by organizers, for organizers,” the video says, adding its purpose is to “build long-term political power.”

The undercover footage is likely to draw continued scrutiny over the line between paying people for campaign work and illegally compensating them for voting.

POLL: Should The Ten Commandments Be Allowed In Every Public School?