A Costa Mesa woman accused of registering her dog to vote in two Southern California elections made her first court appearance Tuesday in Westminster.

Laura Lee Yourex, 62, charged 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. The charges stem from mail-in ballots cast in the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election and the 2022 primary election that authorities said were cast in her dog Maya Jean's name.

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The dog's vote was counted in the 2021 gubernatorial recall election, but rejected in the 2022 primary, accor

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