No Charges, but Pooch Can’t Punch Ballot
From Times Wire Reports
A West Palm Beach woman who registered her pet poodle to vote is no longer facing felony voter fraud charges.
Prosecutors agreed not to charge Wendy Albert on the condition that she stay out of trouble for a year.
The third-degree felony carries a maximum five-year prison term and a $5,000 fine. Paul Zacks, chief assistant state attorney, said the punishment seemed “a little extreme.”
Albert’s address was on a card registering “Cocoa Fernandez,” the poodle, as a Republican. Cocoa got on the voter rolls July 11.
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