Prosecutors: California Woman Registered Her Dog to Vote, Mailed a Ballot in Its Name

A California woman was arraigned on five felony counts this month for illegally registering her dog to vote in 2021 and 2022 elections — and then posting on Facebook a photo of her dog with an “I Voted” sticker and the canine’s mail-in ballot.

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer has charged Laura Lee Yourex, 62, of Costa Mesa with “one felony count of perjury, one felony count of procuring or offering a false or forged document to be filed, two felony counts of casting a ballot when not entitled to vote, and one felony count of registering a non-existent person to vote,” according to a statement from the DA’s office.

The woman allegedly cast ballots in the dog’s name “Maya Jean Yourex” in the 2021 recall election against Gov. Gavin Newsom and the 2022 primary election. The dog