An appeals court recently overturned Mason’s 5-year prison sentence for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while on supervised release.
Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells wants Crystal Mason ’s illegal voting conviction reinstated, his office has announced. Mason, a Tarrant County resident, was acquitted of an illegal voting charge last month. Sorrells’ office now is asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to overturn the ruling that cleared her.
But in instructing it to reevaluate the case, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeal ruled the lower court “erred by failing to require proof that had actual knowledge that it was a crime for her to vote while on supervised release.” The yearslong saga began in 2016 when Mason, on advice from a poll worker, submitted a provisional ballot during that year’s presidential election after she discovered her name was not on the voter roll.
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