An Orange County woman has been charged with illegally registering her dog to vote in California elections in 2021 and 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Laura Lee Yourex, a 62-year-old Costa Mesa resident, was charged with five felonies on Friday after she registered her dog, Maya, to vote in the 2021 gubernatorial recall election and the 2022 primary election, prosecutors said.

"The dog's vote was successfully counted in the 2021 gubernatorial recall election but was rejected in the 2022 primary," said a release from the DOJ's office.

Prosecutors say that the Orange County District Attorney's Office was contacted by the Orange County Registrar of Voter's Office in October of 2024 about a resident who "self-reported that she had registered her dog to vote and had in fac

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