A 62-year-old California woman was charged Friday with five felonies for illegally registering her dog to vote and casting ballots in her dog’s name in the 2021 state gubernatorial recall election and the 2022 primary election, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s office.

California’s elections were significantly changed in 2021 after Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 37, making universal mail-in voting permanent and requiring counties to automatically mail ballots to all active, registered voters. According to a press release from the Orange County’s DA office, 62-year-old Laura Lee Yourex of Costa Mesa has been charged with one felony count of perjury, one felony count of procuring or offering a false or forged document to be filed, two felony counts of casting a ballot when not entitled to vote, and one felony count of registering a non-existent person to vote.

In October 2024, the DA’s office was contacted by the Orange County Registrar of Voters’ Office after a resident allegedly self-reported that she registered her dog to vote. The resident claimed that she cast a mail-in ballot addressed to her dog, Maya, for the 2021 gubernatorial recall election and the 2022 primary election.

https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2025/09/05/ca-woman-illegally-registers-dog-casts-mail-in-ballots-now-faces-felonies/

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PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that two defendants have been charged separately with election fraud offenses, one in connection with the 2020 presidential election, and the other in connection with the 2024 presidential election.

Matthew Laiss, 31, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was charged by indictment with one count of voting more than once in a federal election and one count of voter fraud.

As detailed in the indictment, from at least October 2012 until about August 2020, Laiss resided in, and was lawfully registered to vote in, Ottsville, Pennsylvania, a municipality located in Bucks County. In or around August 2020, Laiss moved his primary residence from Ottsville, Pennsylvania, to Frostproof, Florida. The same month, he applied for and obtained a Florida driver’s license and registered to vote in Florida.

In or about October 2020, the Bucks County Board of Elections mailed a ballot for the November 2020 general election to the defendant’s former address in Ottsville, Pennsylvania, where Laiss’s parents continued to reside.

The indictment alleges that, on or about October 31, 2020, Laiss filled out and returned the Pennsylvania mail-in ballot, casting a vote for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States of America.

The indictment further alleges that, on or about November 3, 2020, Laiss went to a polling location in or around Frostproof, Florida, and voted in the 2020 general election, casting a vote for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States of America.

If convicted, on each count of the indictment the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of five years of imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and a $10,000 to $250,000 fine.

The case was investigated by the FBI, with assistance from the Pennsylvania Department of State, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mark Dubnoff.

Miya Pack, 39, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by indictment with one count of voting more than once in a federal election and one count of voter fraud.

The indictment alleges that Pack was registered to vote in Bergen County, New Jersey, and had been registered there since in or about 2004, and was also registered to vote in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, since in or about 2016.

The indictment further alleges that, on or about October 26, 2024, the defendant voted in person at an early voting location in Teaneck, New Jersey, casting a vote for the office of President of the United States of America.

On Election Day, November 5, 2024, as alleged in the indictment, Pack went to a polling place in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and cast another ballot in the 2024 general election, to include a vote for the office of President of the United States of America.

If convicted, on each count of the indictment the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of five years of imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and a $10,000 to $250,000 fine.

The case was investigated by the FBI, with assistance from the Office of the Superintendent of Elections for Bergen County, New Jersey, and the Office of Philadelphia City Commissioner Seth Bluestein, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Nancy Potts.

The charges and allegations contained in the indictments are merely accusations. Every defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/two-pennsylvania-residents-charged-separately-election-fraud-offenses

Mohegan Sun, a popular casino in Connecticut, is suing a former Hollywood bigwig for failing to pay his gambling debts.

Ronald Meyer, 80, the former President and COO of Universal Studios, co-founder of the Creative Artists Agency and vice chairman of NBCUniversal, has an alleged $2.8 million in outstanding debt to the casino.

A judge must decide if Meyer is entitled to a jury trial before the case can proceed.

Meyer resigned from his position and $25 million annual salary at Universal in 2020 after he was supposedly blackmailed over an affair he had with then-20-year-old actress Charlotte Kirk, now 33.

Meyer lost $5 million while gambling at Mohegan Sun on Oct. 13, 2017. Court documents state that he covered the losses with casino markers, the majority of which could not be cashed.

He began a repayment plan in April 2018, agreeing to pay $60,000 monthly to the casino. He paid back $2.2 million but stopped the plan in Sept. 2023, $2.8 million short of his total losses.

One of the key questions that must be answered is if Meyer waived his right to a jury trial by agreeing to and participating in the repayment plan for five years. Under Mohegan Tribal law, disputes are settled by judges and judicial officers instead of juries composed of community members.

“[Meyer] had a choice not to apply for credit at Mohegan Sun; he was not forced to come to Mohegan and gamble; and he was represented by very prominent Las Vegas, Nevada legal counsel in the negotiation of the Installment Payment Agreement that he signed, and which provides for the application of Mohegan law,” the lawsuit read.

https://www.casino.com/news/industry/mohegan-sun-suing-ex-universal-studios-exec-for-2-8-million-of-unpaid-debt/

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