{"id":39322,"date":"2020-07-11T10:34:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T14:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=39322"},"modified":"2020-07-11T10:34:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T14:34:13","slug":"when-dead-cats-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=39322","title":{"rendered":"When Dead Cats Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/07\/10\/dead-cat-receives-voter-registration-form-by-mail-would-have-voted-democat-owner-says\/?fbclid=IwAR0a13sprbCQWLdoO1BdgSNPFAxg-OIymJL4MneO0FbLQy0Nrz7k-k2xhvw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Breitbart<\/a> posted an article about Cody, a beloved family pet who lived in Atlanta and passed away before President Obama was elected. Cody received a voter registration form by mail on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cIf they\u2019re trying to register cats, I\u2019m not quite sure who else they\u2019re trying to register. I don\u2019t know if they\u2019re registering dogs, mice, snakes?\u201d Tims said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Fox 5 reported the feline was a \u201cDemoCAT.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Georgia Secretary of State blamed third-party groups for such activity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cThird-party groups all over the country are targeting Georgia to help register qualified individuals. This group makes you wonder what these out-of-town activists are really doing. Make no mistake about it, this office is dedicated to investigating all types of fraud,\u201d Brad Raffensperger\u2019s office said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Cody, of course, lives in the home state of Stacey Abrams, the failed gubernatorial candidate who has since made it her mission to fight voter ID laws.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Secretary of State\u2019s office told Fox 5 Cody wouldn\u2019t have been allowed to vote \u201csince he did not have a license or state ID.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>It\u2019s not clear if Cody would have been able to cast a ballot in a full vote-by-mail system.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Cody isn\u2019t unique in receiving such mail long after he\u2019s spent his 9th life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>In 2016, Benicia the border collie received an application in Raleigh, North Carolina, <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/politics\/voter-registration-form-mailed-to-mans-dead-dog\/1398370\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\">according to<\/a> ABC 7.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cShe would have been smart enough to but I don\u2019t think a dog is probably entitled to vote,\u201d owner John Schneider said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Benecia received a letter from the Voter Participation Center, a nonprofit that sends out mass mailings of voter registration forms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately I suspect there are those among us who would register their family pets for mail-in voting. I have two cats named Abe and Ace. I am sure that they would vote for President Trump. Many of my neighbors have dogs, some of which I am sure would vote for Joe Biden. We already have places where the number of people voting is larger than the voting-age population. Can you imagine the numbers with mail-on voting?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday Breitbart posted an article about Cody, a beloved family pet who lived in Atlanta and passed away before President Obama was elected. Cody received a voter registration form by mail on Wednesday. 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