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Nah, they couldn't find her and gave her a provisional ballot. You have to sign an affidavit and she did.
SNIP It will be the second time the case comes before the court. In 2022, it ordered a lower court to revisit a decision upholding the sentence. The lower court did so and threw out Mason’s conviction in March. While some of Mason’s lawyers expected that would be the end of the case, Phil Sorrells, the local district attorney, decided to appeal the decision.
“While I am ready for this case to be over and for my acquittal to stand, I will continue to maintain my faith that justice will be done,” Mason said in a statement.
Mason showed up to cast a ballot in 2016 at the urging of her mother, who regularly reminded her children and grandchildren to vote.
When poll workers couldn’t find her name on the list of registered voters, they offered her a provisional ballot. Provisional ballots are a special kind of ballot required under federal law if there is uncertainty about someone’s eligibility and only get counted if they are later confirmed to be eligible to vote.
The entire case hinges on whether Mason read and understood an affidavit she signed on the envelope accompanying the provisional ballot swearing that she was an eligible voter. Part of the affidavit asks the voter to swear that if they are a convicted felon they have completed their sentence entirely. Mason has always maintained that she did not read the affidavit and would not have voted if she understood she was ineligible to vote.In March, the second court of appeals said that prosecutors had not presented sufficient evidence to prove Mason “actually realized” she was ineligible to vote.SNIP
Texas is being bigoted toward her with selective prosecution and sentencing. A White Christian Nationalist would be treated differently. This is a message that is appreciated by the WCN and Republicans.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/a... 