Loophole Allows Dog To Vote

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A judge has decided that a suburban Seattle woman who registered her Australian shepherd-terrier mix to vote has spent enough time in the legal doghouse.

Jane Balogh (BAY'-loh) had been charged with making a false statement but entered into a plea agreement last year. A King County judge dismissed the charge Monday after Balogh showed that she had paid $240 in court costs and completed community service.

Balogh says she registered her dog Duncan to protest a loophole in the law that she says makes voter registration so easy a nonexistent person could be added to the voter rolls.

She says she made no secret of her action after the fact, telling a number of elected officials she had registered her dog.

And she says Duncan never voted.
  • added August 26, 2008
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4 responses // Loophole Allows Dog To Vote

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    Duncan probably wouldn't have done any worse than some others who can legally vote ;-)

    sofaslug
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    actually I have interviewed persons that were proud of exercising their right to vote even when the check the boxes while totally unaware of who the people were or what the stood for or believed in, "I marked all of the appropriate boxes. America lost be having this ignorant person registered. A test or questions could have eliminated this person. Remember "Stupid is as stupid does".

    cpcraig
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    i can't get the link

    but wow! i never new it was that easy

    donkeyfly69
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    Lovely. And she made a point.
    Official Photo Identification should be made mandatory to cast a vote.

    arcticspirit

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