Tuckup is a dog, and Tuckup is registered to vote in the state of New Mexico. The worst part of the story – election officials know Tuckup is a dog but won’t remove him from the voter rolls. Seriously.
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His owner, Don Pizzolato, thought he’d see what would happen if he made up a totally bogus voter registration card.
KOAT.com: Pizzolato put Tuckup’s name and a fake Social Security number on a registration form several years ago.”Six weeks later, I received a registration card for him,” Pizzolato said.”Unfortunately, submitting a false or fraudulent voter registration is actually a felony,” Bernalillo County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver said.But it was only after Pizzolato talked about registering Tuckup on a local blog that officials realized the mistake. Then they charged him. He served nine months probation and the case was dropped.But even after everything played out in the legal system and with an election coming up in November, Tuckup is still registered to vote.Last week, Tuckup received a notice in the mail telling him where he can vote in November.
You just can’t make this stuff up.
Maybe Pizzolato can sign the dog up for Obamacare. Oh wait, that would be mean, and Tuckup looks like a nice doggie.
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