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  • Re: Newsom: Democracy is Only a Good Thing When Democrats Win

    From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Monday, June 01, 2026 01:35:09
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    Maybe you don't 'memba this, but I do. Dogs are voting in California, but >don't worry Gavin Newsom assures us that illegal aliens aren't!

    https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1964106387522539602

    The Orange County District Attorney's office has charged a Costa Mesa woman >with illegally registering her dog to vote in California and casting mail-in >ballots in her dog's name. The dog's vote was successfully counted in the 2021 >recall of Governor Newsom, but was rejected in the 2022 primary. The woman >posted photos of her dog, which has since passed away, on social media with an >"I voted" sticker.

    Per OC DA office:

    "Proof of residence or identification is not required for citizens to register >to vote in California elections nor is it required to cast a ballot in state >elections. However, proof of residence and registration is required for >first-time voters to vote in a federal election. As a result, the 2022 primary >ballot cast in Maya Jean's name (the dog) was challenged and rejected."

    I think there are other illegalities. Can't register someone else, Too
    young. Cannot vote the ballot of another.

    Sounds like California never adopted Motor Voter. Thinking about it, I
    don't recall if I showed proof of identity or residence when I first
    registered to vote, prior to Motor Voter. Now, when I was a registrar, I typically went to people's homes and knew where they lived.

    One must now wonder - how many animals will be successfully voting in >California's elections this fall?

    What made this whole thing even more ridiculous is that when the Orange County >Board of Supervisors asked the registrar to send them information on the dog's >voter registration, he refused, citing privacy laws.

    For a dog!

    For a dead dog!

    Does every animal have privacy rights under California law or is this just >limited to civic-minded canines?

    Hahahahahahahahaha

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