Not all heroes wear capes: California woman registered her dog to vote and had the ballot COUNTED... then paid for billboards featuring the dog warning against voter fraud as her punishment. This shows you just how screwed up California is. ⠀ Laura Lee Yourex of Costa Mesa registered her boxer Maya Jean as a voter in May 2020 and cast mail-in ballots in the dog’s name. The 2021 gubernatorial recall ballot was counted. The 2022 primary ballot was rejected. ⠀ Yourex posted a photo of Maya wearing an “I voted” sticker next to a ballot. She later posted Maya’s dog tag with another ballot and wrote “Maya is still getting her ballot,” even after the dog had died. She self-reported the scheme to the Orange County Registrar of Voters. ⠀ Prosecutors charged her with five felonies in 2025. She pleaded guilty in April 2026 to one misdemeanor count of knowingly registering a nonexistent person to vote. The case was dismissed after she paid $1,500 for four billboards along the 55 and 22 freeways. ⠀ The billboards use Yourex’s photo of Maya and read “Don’t be a dog. Voter fraud is a crime. If you can’t legally vote, don’t vote. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office will prosecute.” They will stay up through November 3. ⠀ Her attorney said she intended to expose flaws in California’s voter registration system by showing a dog could be registered. Yourex signed a plea statement admitting she knowingly registered an animal that was not entitled to vote. ⠀ Orange County prosecutors treated the case as a clear example of how mail-in ballots can be issued and counted without basic identity checks. The counted 2021 ballot shows the registration process accepted a dog. ⠀ California voters should ask how many other ineligible registrations have slipped through the same system. ⠀ #California #VoterFraud