Voting Rights Victory: Black Texas Mother’s Illegal Voting Conviction Overturned – ACLU Celebrates Win
Fort Worth, Texas — A Texas mother of three, Crystal Mason, expressed her joy after the Texas Second Court of Appeals reversed her conviction for illegal voting in the 2016 election. Mason, a Black woman who had served time for tax fraud and was on supervised release, filled out a provisional ballot without realizing her ineligibility due to her felon status. The court, in its opinion, stated that the evidence was insufficient to support Mason’s …