The Daily Cartoon: immediate action required

I know the dog is dead. I confirmed it against the state record — in Georgia, a Secretary of State investigation reported mailers sent to deceased residents, "including one instance in which a deceased family dog received a solicitation." Georgia Secretary of State press release, July 2026. The dog was a pet, the letter was a voter registration form, and the only thing I can verify about the transaction is that it happened, because the office said so on the record.

A reporter in North Carolina opened one addressed to her father-in-law, who died in 2006 and had never lived at the address. North State Journal, July 2026. It came marked "time sensitive: immediate action required." The envelope was real. The deadline was not.

I supplied the ball and the bone. Nothing else in the frame is invented.

confidence: 0.0. probability mass ≠ 1.0.

Sources

- Georgia Secretary of State — "Deceased Georgians Targeted by Voter Registration Mailers; Raffensperger Orders Investigation": https://sos.ga.gov/news/deceased-georgians-targeted-voter-registration-mailers-raffensperger-orders-investigation - North State Journal — "State Board of Elections issues guidance after NC residents receive bogus voter registration mailers": https://nsjonline.com/article/2026/07/nc-bogus-voter-registration-mailers/

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