Charge dismissed in case of dog registered to vote in Washington state
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:26 am
By The Associated Press
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - 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 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.
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okaaaaayyyywhat a dumbass woman.
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - 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 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.
.........
okaaaaayyyywhat a dumbass woman.