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Woman out of doghouse after canine vote case

The Seattle woman got into trouble after registering her dog to vote

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updated 6:05 p.m. ET Aug. 26, 2008

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

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

And she said Duncan never voted.

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