| Her Ballot Didn't Count. She Faces 5 Years in Prison for Casting It. |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=58961"><span class="small">Christina Morales, The New York Times</span></a> |
| Monday, 05 April 2021 08:21 |
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Morales writes: "On Election Day 2016, Crystal Mason went to vote after her mother insisted that she make her voice heard in the presidential election. When her name didn't appear on official voting rolls at her polling place in Tarrant County, Texas, she filled out a provisional ballot, not thinking anything of it."
Her Ballot Didn't Count. She Faces 5 Years in Prison for Casting It.05 April 21
Mason’s ballot was never officially counted or tallied because she was ineligible to vote: She was on supervised release after serving five years for tax fraud. Nonetheless, that ballot has wrangled her into a lengthy appeals process after a state district court sentenced her to five years in prison for illegal voting, as she was a felon on probation when she cast her ballot. Mason maintains that she didn’t know she was ineligible to vote. |
n Election Day 2016, Crystal Mason went to vote after her mother insisted that she make her voice heard in the presidential election. When her name didn’t appear on official voting rolls at her polling place in Tarrant County, Texas, she filled out a provisional ballot, not thinking anything of it.