Woman sentenced for registering her dog to vote

FEDERAL WAY, WA -- A Washington state grandmother has accepted a plea deal after sending registering her dog Duncan to vote and sending in absentee ballots in his name during the last three elections.

Jane Balogh was sentenced to ten hours of community service, a fine, and one year of probation on Tuesday.

Balogh says she registered her dog Duncan to point out that voter registration laws are too lax.

In each of the last three elections she sent in his ballot signed with a paw print and marked 'VOID'.

She was charged with making a false statement to a public official after Duncan's ballots were finally noticed.