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   The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday that the   
   case of Crystal Mason be reconsidered by a lower appeals court.   
      
   Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to five years in prison for   
   casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while she was   
   on supervised release from a federal conviction, will have her   
   case heard again.   
      
   The New York Times is reporting that The Texas Court of Criminal   
   Appeals found that a lower appeals court wrongfully upheld parts   
   of Mason’s 2018 conviction. Specifically, the Second Court of   
   Appeals in Tarrant County said in 2020 that her unawareness that   
   she was ineligible to vote “was irrelevant to her prosecution.”   
   The Criminal Appeals court disagreed Wednesday, ruling that her   
   case be reconsidered.   
      
   Mason’s attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union have   
   argued that per the Help America Vote Act of 2002, provisional   
   ballots should not be criminalized because they did not   
   represent an actual vote.   
      
   Further, Mason’s lawyers have argued that state laws in Texas   
   stipulated that knowingly voting illegally was key to being   
   guilty of the crime.   
      
   According to the report, Mason was advised by a poll worker that   
   she could submit a provisional ballot in the 2016 election.   
   However, as a felon on probation, she was ineligible to vote.   
      
   Her vote was never counted.   
      
   “I am pleased that the court acknowledged issues with my   
   conviction, and am ready to defend myself against these cruel   
   charges,” said Mason in a statement. “My life has been upended   
   for what was, at worst, an innocent misunderstanding of casting   
   a provisional ballot that was never even counted. I have been   
   called to this fight for voting rights and will continue to   
   serve my community.”   
      
   “We believe that ultimately what is right will prevail and will   
   continue to support Ms. Mason as she battles this miscarriage of   
   justice,” said Tommy Buser-Clancy, senior staff attorney for the   
   ACLU of Texas. “Ms. Mason never would have risked her liberty by   
   submitting a provisional ballot if she knew the State considered   
   her ineligible to vote. She followed the rules, committed no   
   crime, yet was slapped with an egregious 5-year sentence. We   
   hope the court system soon will overturn this unwarranted   
   conviction. Ms. Mason and her family have fought this for far   
   too long.”   
      
   Mason’s conviction has been frequently referenced on social   
   media to highlight the disparities in voter fraud cases,   
   particularly after Republican state legislatures continue to   
   perpetuate “The Big Lie” that there was widespread voter fraud   
   in the 2020 election in minority communities.   
      
   https://news.yahoo.com/felon-sentenced-5-years-voter-   
   144851979.html   
      
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