Appeals court rules Mason, now 49, did not know she was ineligible when she voted in 2016 and throws out conviction

A Texas appeals court has thrown out a five-year prison sentence for Crystal Mason, a Texas woman who was sentenced for trying to cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election that was rejected.

Mason, now 49, attempted to vote in Fort Worth in the 2016 even though she was ineligible because she was still on supervised release – which is like probation – for a tax felony. She has always maintained she had no idea she was ineligible and only tried to cast a ballot because her mother urged her to.

A judge convicted her in a 2018 trial that lasted just a few hours.

  • @ripcord
    3•9 months ago

    Man, you just want to argue with anyone you can about anything you can, huh?

    You’re being unreasonable, replying to their observing that despite this being awful, they’re somehow better than a bunch of other states.

      • @ripcord
        1•9 months ago

        You certainly didn’t make that clear.

        Or true.