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Understanding the US - Again
Re: Understanding the US - Again
Quite the trick this one enabled by loose standards. Looks like this was discovered only because the dog's owner posted a picture on social media.
Dog voted in California election
Dog voted in California election
A dog was registered to vote by its owner, who submitted a ballot in the pet’s name in California's 2021 gubernatorial recall election.
Re: Understanding the US - Again
If you deep-dive into what happened in the Yourex case,
(a) the 2021 dog vote was not detected but the 2022 dog ballot was detected, and rejected.
(b) the information Yourex provided for her dog did not match any records in the state's DMV,Social Security Number, Death Index and Felon Status automated checks; at which point the registration is flagged as "unverified" and requires a human to manually review the registration. The Orange Country Board of Elections did not do this manual check in 2021. In 2022, their procedures were updated, and the ballot was rejected.
(c) Laura Yourex, apart from posting on social media, also self-reported to the Orange County Board of Elections. Nevertheless she faces up to six years in prison, if convicted of voter fraud.
(a) the 2021 dog vote was not detected but the 2022 dog ballot was detected, and rejected.
(b) the information Yourex provided for her dog did not match any records in the state's DMV,Social Security Number, Death Index and Felon Status automated checks; at which point the registration is flagged as "unverified" and requires a human to manually review the registration. The Orange Country Board of Elections did not do this manual check in 2021. In 2022, their procedures were updated, and the ballot was rejected.
(c) Laura Yourex, apart from posting on social media, also self-reported to the Orange County Board of Elections. Nevertheless she faces up to six years in prison, if convicted of voter fraud.