Woman Pleads Guilty to Voting Dead Dog

0:00A 63-year-old woman from Costa Mesa, California just pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for registering her deceased dog to vote. Laura Lee Yorex admitted on April 10th to knowingly signing up a non-existent person, and she even cast ballots in the dog's name during the 20. 21 gubernatorial recall and the 2022 primary elections. She called it a sting operation to highlight weaknesses in the voter registration process, but things backfired when she self-reported to a city, a turning who tipped off the orange county registrar of voters. Yorex posted pics online too, like her dog with an eye-voted sticker, and later a mail-in ballot addressed to the pup. Folks are reacting in different ways. Her lawyer says she regrets trying to fix the system by proving even a dog could slip through, and she took full responsibility right away. The registrar points out their safeguards caught hundreds of flag ballots last election, thanks to ID and residency checks. Experts, like a law professor at Chapman University, agree the prosecution shows the checks and

1:04balances are working fine, especially since the dogs. Second vote, got flagged as an eligible. Sentencing is set for October 16th, with felony charges dropped in the plea deal, so we'll see what penalties come down the line for this wild. Voter fraud's done. Local news, powered by AI. This is California News Today, I'm Corey with The Story.