{"id":2483643,"date":"2025-09-08T12:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-woman-charged-after-allegedly-casting-votes-on-dogs-behalf\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T12:10:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:10:51","slug":"ca-woman-charged-after-allegedly-casting-votes-on-dogs-behalf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-woman-charged-after-allegedly-casting-votes-on-dogs-behalf\/","title":{"rendered":"CA Woman Charged After Allegedly Casting Votes On Dog&#8217;s Behalf"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fca-woman-charged-after-allegedly-casting-votes-on-dogs-behalf%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2483643&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A California woman, Laura Lee Yourex, has been charged with voter fraud after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fighting-back-republican-creates-response-to-stacey-abrams-voter-organization-in-georgia-adds-focus-on-election-integrity\/\" title=\"Fighting Back: Republican Creates Response To Stacey Abrams\u2019 ...r Organization In Georgia, Adds Focus On \u2018Election Integrity\u2019\">allegedly registering<\/a> her dog, Maya Jean Yourex, to vote and casting ballots on the dog&#8217;s behalf in two elections-the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-coastline-regulators-powers-could-be-curtailed-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"California coastline regulator\u2019s powers could be curtailed - Washington Examiner\">2021 gubernatorial recall<\/a> and the 2022 primary elections. According to the Orange County district attorney&#8217;s office, only the first ballot was accepted. Yourex publicly boasted about the fraud online, even after Maya had died. The fraud came to light when Yourex herself informed the Orange County Registrar of Voters, who then reported the case to prosecutors. Yourex faces multiple charges, including registering a nonexistent person to vote, perjury, and casting ballots unlawfully, risking up to six years in jail. The case highlights weaknesses in California&#8217;s election safeguards,especially as state elections do not require proof of residence,unlike federal elections,which led to the rejection of the second ballot. The article also notes ongoing concerns about election integrity in Orange County and other states, were officials have resisted federal scrutiny over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-watcher-files-federal-case-accusing-minnesota-of-sharing-private-voter-information\/\" title=\"Election observer sues Minnesota for sharing private ...r data.\">voter registration practices<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawpixel.com\/image\/3578715\/free-photo-image-america-american-flag-animal\">  Sgt. 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A California woman is facing jail time after she allegedly registered her dog to vote and cast ballots on her pooch&rsquo;s behalf not once &mdash; but twice.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-two year-old Laura Lee Yourex allegedly registered her dog, Maya Jean Yourex, to vote and cast ballots under the dog&rsquo;s name in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-voter-illegally-registered-her-dog-cast-its-ballot-now-shes-facing-justice\/\" title=\"CA ...r Illegally Registered Her ..., ... Its Ballot: Now She&#039;s Facing Justice\">2021 gubernatorial recall election<\/a> and 2022 primary election, The Los Angeles Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-09-05\/socal-woman-registered-her-dog-to-vote-cast-ballots-twice-d-a-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, citing the Orange County <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >district attorney&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s office. Only the 2021 was ballot was accepted, according to the report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-515684933\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yourex reportedly touted her alleged fraud, sharing a post in October of 2022 of Maya&rsquo;s dog tag along with a mail-in ballot and the caption: &ldquo;Maya is still getting her ballot,&rdquo; despite Maya having already passed, as The Times reported. <\/p>\n<p>The fraud was discovered after Yourex contacted the Orange County Registrar of Voters to report she had registered her dog &mdash; and cast ballots in her dog&rsquo;s name, The Times reported. The County Registrar of Voters then contacted the district attorney&rsquo;s office. Yourex faces up to six years of jail time after she was charged with &ldquo;one count of registering a nonexistent person to vote, one count of perjury, one count of procuring a false or forged document to be filed and two counts of casting a ballot when not entitled to vote,&rdquo; The Times reported. <\/p>\n<p>That a dog was able to be registered to vote &mdash; and two votes casted on her behalf &mdash; is an indictment of California&rsquo;s weak election safeguards. <\/p>\n<p>Statewide elections in California do not require proof of residence, while federal elections do. As reported by The Times, that explains why the second ballot cast during the federal primaries was rejected. There are also other safeguards that could help keep pups &mdash; and other ineligible persons &mdash; of the voter rolls: voter ID, documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, in-person voting mandates. <\/p>\n<p>Notably, the Trump administration sued Orange County Registrar of Voters Bob Page after Page allegedly refused to hand over records regarding the removal of  17 registered voters who lacked proper documentation and therefore ineligible to cast a ballot but nonetheless were still registered. The county Board of Supervisors refused to comply with the Department of Justice in August. <\/p>\n<p>More than two dozen other states also received similar letters, The Los Angeles Times reported. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. 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