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Showing Original Post only (View all)Prosecutor to appeal against Texas woman's acquittal over voting error [View all]
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/25/crystal-mason-black-woman-voting-error-acquittalNo paywall link
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A Texas prosecutor will appeal against a court ruling tossing out a five-year prison sentence for a woman who unintentionally tried to vote while ineligible in the 2016 election, an unexpected move that continues one of the most closely watched voting prosecutions in the US.
Last month, the second court of appeals, which is based in Fort Worth, threw out the 2018 conviction of Crystal Mason, a Black woman who submitted a provisional ballot in 2016 that ultimately went uncounted. Mason was on supervised release for a federal felony at the time she voted and has said she had no idea she was ineligible. The panel said prosecutors had failed to prove Mason actually knew she was ineligible.
But the Tarrant county district attorney, Phil Sorrells, a Republican, announced on Thursday he was appealing to the Texas court of criminal appeals, the highest criminal court in Texas.
Woman in brown shirt stands in front of brown background
The trial courts guilty verdict should be affirmed. Voting is a cornerstone of our democracy. This office will protect the ballot box from fraudsters who think our laws dont apply to them, Sorrells said in a statement. The second court of appeals publication of its opinion creates the very real risk that future sufficiency cases will likewise be wrongly analyzed and decided.
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Meanwhile, for a white Republican found to have illegally voted 9 FUCKING TIMES: $5k fine and public censure
A Judge Finally Found Fraudulent Votes. Theyre All From a Republican.
https://newrepublic.com/post/180230/georgia-official-vote-illegally?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_source=Twitter
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Prosecutor to appeal against Texas woman's acquittal over voting error [View all]
Nevilledog
Apr 25
OP
we are told multiple times when we are training as election workers that we never refuse
yellowdogintexas
Apr 25
#7
They want more jailtime for her than for the people who violently stormed our Capitol.
Midnight Writer
Apr 25
#11