A #Texas appeals court reversed the conviction of #CrystalMason, a Black woman, who had been sentenced to 5 yrs in prison on a charge of illegally voting in 2016, acquitting her in a case that #CivilRights attys cast as part of a broader fight for #VotingRights.
Mason voted w/a provisional ballot in 2016 but did not know she was ineligible to do so. The ballot WAS NOT COUNTED, but she was convicted in 2018.
#CrystalMason: #Texas woman sentenced to five years over voting error #acquitted. Appeals court rules Mason, now 49, did not know she was ineligible when she voted in 2016 and throws out conviction
"Breaking news: Crystal Mason, the Texas woman who was sentenced to five years in prison for trying to submit a provisional ballot in 2016 that was rejected, has been acquitted on appeal. Story TK.
For the first time in 7-year legal case, court acknowledges that election officials had information at their disposal that could have easily identified why Mason was ineligible and could have prevented her from trying to vote."