Saturday, May 20, 2006

Organizers report online vote fraud in ugly dog contest

Poor Pee Wee Martini. The 2-year-old Chinese Crested/Japanese Chin mix was leading in the online World's Ugliest Dog Contest, a canine version of the People's Choice Awards for the funny-looking critters.

Then computer hackers broke into the Sonoma-Marin (Calif.) Fair Web site and erased 40,000 votes for Pee Wee and stole 30,000 from an Italian greyhound named Victoria while they were at it.

To make sure every dog gets "a fair shake," the online voting for the popular winner will start again on May 22. A panel of five judges will select the official winner on June 23.

You can vote for the ugliest dog here.

My money's on Miss Ellie.

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