A Southern California woman has been charged with multiple felonies after she allegedly registered her dog to vote and cast mail-in ballots in her pet's name, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office. Advertisement

Officials said Laura Lee Yourex, 62, of Costa Mesa, had registered her dog, Maya Jean, to vote and successfully cast a ballot in the dog's name in the 2021 gubernatorial recall election. She tried to cast another ballot in the dog's name in the 2022 primary election, but that ballot was rejected.

Yourex was also open about her actions on social media, officials said. She allegedly posted a photo of her dog wearing an "I voted" sticker with a ballot in January 2022, and in a post from October 2024, shared a photograph of her dog's tag and a vote-by-mail ballot

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