Orange County in California ordered its voter registrar on Tuesday to scour voting lists and remove any names of pets that somehow made it onto the rolls. Here’s what you need to know about the voter roll cleanup following a case of dog voting:

The pet removal order

County board votes to clean up voter registration lists:

The dog voting case

Woman charged with registering and voting as her pet:

The election timing concerns

Supervisors cite upcoming redistricting vote:

The registration requirements

Different rules for state versus federal elections:

The citizenship attestation issue

All registrants check citizenship box, including pets:

The privacy law complications

Officials cite secrecy rules for voter information:

The broader cleanup efforts

County already removed non-citizens from rolls:

The dissenting view

One supervisor questions priorities:

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• California county decides it’s time to remove pets from voter rolls

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