Balogh's crime was signing Duncan's name on a registration card under a declaration that he meets all the requirements to vote.

She submitted ballots in his name in the September and November 2006 and May 2007 elections.

She wrote "VOID" on the ballots, and didn't cast any votes.
Balogh, who lives with Duncan, an Australian shepherd-terrier mix, and four other dogs and four cats, registered her dog as a protest of a 2005 state voter-registration statute that she says makes it too easy for noncitizens to vote.

She put her phone bill in Duncan's name, then used the phone bill as identification to register him as a voter.