A Costa Mesa girl accused of registering her canine to vote and casting two ballots within the canine’s identify has been charged with 5 felonies, authorities mentioned Friday, Sept. 5.
The primary poll was counted; the second was rejected, she mentioned.
The DA’s workplace started investigating in late October after the Orange County Registrar of Voters workplace knowledgeable them of a resident who self-reported that she had registered her canine to vote and had solid mail-in ballots addressed to her canine, in line with Edds.
The DA’s workplace realized that Yourex had posted images to social media, one in January 2022 of her canine carrying an “I voted” sticker, and one in October 2024 of Maya’s canine tag and a vote-by-mail poll with the caption “Maya is still getting her ballot,” even after the canine had handed away, Edds mentioned.
Yourex is scheduled to look in Westminster Superior Courtroom on Tuesday, the place she might enter a plea to 2 counts of casting a poll when not entitled to vote, and one rely every of perjury, procuring or providing a false or cast doc to be filed and registering a non-existent particular person to vote.
Yourex might face a six-year sentence if convicted of all counts.
She declined to remark.
It was not instantly recognized on Friday how Maya voted in that election.
Nevertheless, proof of residence and registration is required of first-time voters in federal elections, and the poll in Maya’s identify for the 2022 major was challenged and rejected, Edds mentioned.
In response to the California Elections Code, an individual should be registered as a voter by filling out and submitting an Affidavit of Registration as a way to vote, Edds mentioned. That paperwork consists of filling out the voter’s identify, residence, mailing deal with, date of delivery, social gathering choice and a certification that the voter is a citizen. It should be signed below penalty of perjury.
