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.

  • @Wirrvogel@feddit.deEnglish
    7•8 months ago

    In Germany there are only a few crimes that take away your voting rights and I am fine with these:

    • preparation of a war of aggression and high treason against the Federation
    • treason and disclosure of state secrets with intent to cause damage
    • attacks against organs and representatives of foreign states
    • disruption of election process and falsification of election documents
    • bribing delegates
    • sabotage against means of defence or intelligence activity endangering national security (provided that a sentence of imprisonment is imposed for at least one year in this case).

    source

    • @SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
      7•8 months ago

      disruption of election process and falsification of election documents

      Seems like a good one. We should borrow that.

      bribing delegates

      I’ll have you know it’s called lobbying and it’s perfectly legal! For some reason.