Posted on 09/10/2025 7:28:13 AM PDT by lasereye
The Orange County woman who faces a series of felonies for registering her dog to vote in 2021 and 2022 made her first court appearance on Tuesday, saying through her legal team that she did so to "expose flaws" in California's voting system.
Laura Lee Yourex, 62, of Costa Mesa, was charged with five felonies last week as she registered her dog, Maya, to vote in the 2021 gubernatorial recall election and the 2022 primary election, Orange County District Attorney prosecutors said.
"The dog's vote was successfully counted in the 2021 gubernatorial recall election but was rejected in the 2022 primary," said the DOJ's office in a release.
During Tuesday's appearance, Yourex did not enter a plea for the five felonies she faces, which include one count of perjury, one count of procuring or offering a false or forged document to be filed, one count of registering a non-existent person to vote and two counts of casting a ballot when not entitled to vote. Her arraignment was postponed until December.
"Laura Yourex sincerely regrets her unwise attempt to expose flaws in our state voting system intending to improve it by demonstrating that even a dog can be registered to vote," said her attorney, Jaime Coulter, while reading a statement outside of the courthouse in Santa Ana on Tuesday. "Ms. Yourex never hid from taking personal responsibility as she self-reported the matter to the Orange County Registrar of Voters, intending to have them investigate and ultimately improve our voting registration system."
The case caused concern amongst Orange County leaders on Tuesday during a meeting. Two members of the county's Board of Supervisors pushed for an emergency motion to have voter rules examined, but it failed.
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“Expose flaws”!!!😆😂🤣 that’s a knee slapper!!
Come on! It’s Cauliphonya! “Let the dogs vote!” “Let the dogs vote”.
“It’s illegal in CA for a polling place to require the voters to provide an ID.”
Figures...
The “flaw” is that this ridiculous excuse might just work for a Democrat.
Oh yeah? If that was her intent, why didn't she publicize it instead of waiting to get caught?
Canine votes matter!
“Let the dogs vote”.
Let jailed-Felons vote.
Let 14 year-olds vote.
Great now she can go to jail and see if there are any flaws in the legal system and the prison process.
We appreciate your dedication to maintain a functional government by the rule of law.
LOL! She’s the Good Guy!
"...saying through her legal team that she did so to "expose flaws" in California's voting system."
Oh yeah? If that was her intent, why didn't she publicize it instead of waiting to get caught?
According to her attorney (quoted above):
she self-reported the matter to the Orange County Registrar of Voters, intending to have them investigate and ultimately improve our voting registration system.
“I did it to expose flaws in the voting system”
That’s fine. Really. And we’re gonna throw your ass in jail to complete the circle. I’m sure you’re fine with that, too. “The system worked!” as they say.
Okay, I’m a bit surprised:
“Records show that Yourex is a registered Republican, but Maya was listed as having no party preference.”
I thought cats were the independent ones, not dogs.
She would have been fine if the dog registered as a Democrat.
She is a budding investigative journalist. Next she can reveal the flaws of women’s prisons.
Dogs are R. Cats are D. Parrots and tropical fish are ind.
That’s disgusting. But on the other hand, we all know that cats are more politically savvy than dogs. So I would not be against giving cats the vote.
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