Judge in Memphis sentenced a woman to six years in prison for trying to register to vote. [View all]

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Sam Levine
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On Monday, a judge in Memphis sentenced a woman to six years in prison for trying to register to vote. He said she had tricked the probation office into signing a form indicating she was eligible. You can watch some of the sentencing hearing here:

wreg.com
Memphis woman faces sentencing in voter fraud case
MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Pam Moses took the stand and testified in her own sentencing hearing centered around an illegal voting case on Wednesday.She faces 4 to 8 years after being convicted of presen…
9:21 AM · Feb 3, 2022

The case is enormously complicated. Tennessee has what are likely the most confusing rules around felon disenfranchisement in the US. If you have a felony, your ability to vote depends on what you were convicted of and when. It's very confusing: https://sos.tn.gov/elections/guides/restoration-of-voting-rights…

The woman in this case, Pamela Moses, pled guilty to a felony in 2015 that caused her to never be able to vote again. But no one ever told her. And election officials never took her off the voter rolls. Here's a 2020 letter where they acknowledged their error:
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9:27 AM · Feb 3, 2022

https://wreg.com/news/local/memphis-woman-faces-sentencing-in-voter-fraud-case/

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Pam Moses took the stand and testified in her own sentencing hearing centered around an illegal voting case on Wednesday.

She faces 4 to 8 years after being convicted of presenting false documents restoring her voting rights when she is a convicted felon whose voting rights have been stripped forever.

“I accept full responsibility for my actions. I have been held accountable. I been in jail since December 10th,” Moses said.

Moses maintained she thought her voting rights had been restored.

“I did not falsify anything. All I did was try to get my rights to vote back the way the people at the election commission told me and the way the clerk did,” she said.

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