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A Virginia lawmaker is calling for an independent audit after a constituent received an official rights-restoration certificate in the name of his dog, Biscuit, a beagle-hound mix from Goochland County that died about five years ago, Fox News Digital reports.
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Shop NowDel. Tom Garrett, R-Buckingham, said the document bearing Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s signature states that the executive reviewed the particulars of Biscuit’s criminal case. “Biscuit was a dog,” Garrett said. “Virginians deserve an explanation for how that is possible.”
The owner, who asked not to be identified, confirmed the letter to Fox News Digital and said that, to his knowledge, Biscuit “was never convicted of a felony, nor did she ever show any interest in voting.” The report does not say Biscuit was registered to vote or that any ballot was cast in her name.
Spanberger’s office had not responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment by publication time.
The governor announced in August that 100,000 people had received restoration of their rights since she took office in January.
The case follows an earlier controversy in Chesapeake over a certificate issued to “Betty No Last Name.” On Tuesday, Virginians vote on a ballot measure that would make restoration automatic upon release from incarceration.
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