In case you've missed all the ads and giant campaign tour buses, this election season is going to be a biggie. So you might want to check around the doghouse in your backyard to make sure your pet hasn't gotten a voter registration form in the mail. Hey: stranger things have happened. Virginia resident Tim Morris' DEAD dog got an invite to help pick the next president.
Mozart "Mo" Morris would technically be of voting age this year, but he went to the eternal puppy playland in the sky two years ago at 17. Oh yeah, and he doesn't have opposable thumbs. Or you know, citizenship (not technically!).
So we have to wonder how Mo's name got on their list in the first place. Was he, perhaps, carrying on a long distance relationship with Socks or Buddy before he died? Maybe he knew Miss Beazley long before President George W. Bush gifted the terrier to his wife? I smell a conspiracy!
OK. OK. Joke's over.
Fact is, folks, this story is laughable only because the dead poodle's former owners were honest (and smart) enough not to fill out the form from the Voter Participation Center and pass someone off as 19-year-old Mo Morris at the polls in the fall. Just imagine if they hadn't. Go ahead. I'll wait.
Scary, huh? We hear about voter registration fraud perpetrated by people who are purposely trying to game the system. But if dead dogs are getting the opportunity to register to vote, it doesn't even sound like you have to try hard to play around with the voting process. You can just wait for the folks at the board of elections to screw up royally.
And this is far from the first time that has happened. Remember the 5-year-old boy who was in the news for awhile because he'd gotten a voter registration form in the mail during the last presidential election? Check your mail folks ... you never know who's getting on next.
How hard is it to register to vote in your neck of the woods? Has your pet gotten an offer? How about your kid?
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But we don't need Voter ID Laws!! They're racist!! There's no voter fraud!! That's a problem "made up by the Republicans to oppress minorities"!! Honestly.
Interesting that this happened in a "battleground state". Fortunately VA has a voter ID law.
It should be noted that the voter registration card was sent from the "Voter Participation Center", which is one of a number of front groups for the ultra-left Center for American Progress, which is funded through a web of left wing money channels, many of which lead to Sorros, and some lead overseas. ACORN used to be one of their projects. Left wing voter fraud at it's finest.
Hmm, judging by the dog jokes coming from both sides of the aisle, all canines (dead or alive) might want to stay away from backing either candidate this election season.
Dogs for the Independent ticket!
Cats, on the other hand, will probably stay close to their conservative roots. (Cats tend to be very selfish and love to declare war...on pieces of string and various birds and mice.)
Back in the early 1990s, an illegal immigrant was caught using my SSN to register to vote. Thankfully this was just before SSNs were used as primary means of getting credit. I've carefully scrutinize my credit reports since and luckily nothing so far, but still annoys me to this day.
Thank you Jeanne. This is why we need voter registration laws.