The state never counted her ballot but has still sought to send her to prison for an innocent mistake. The State of Texas prosecuted Crystal Mason for the crime of “illegal voting,” which bars someone ...

AUSTIN — A state appellate court in Fort Worth, Texas, has acquitted Crystal Mason of an illegal voting conviction that would have required her to serve a five-year prison sentence. Judge Wade ...

A Texas appeals court on Thursday overturned the illegal voting conviction of Crystal Mason, who was given a five-year prison sentence for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while ...

Crystal Mason served three years of a five-year prison sentence for casting an ineligible vote during the 2016 election. A state appellate court in Fort Worth, Texas, has acquitted Crystal Mason ...

A Texas woman whose conviction for illegal voting ... asking for the state’s top court to reinstate Crystal Mason’s conviction after it was overturned in March. “Voting is a cornerstone ...

“This prosecution was never meant to punish or deter Crystal from anything. It was made and designed to deter Texas voters from exercising the franchise,” said Alison Grinter Allen, an ...

Last month, Crystal Mason’s illegal voting conviction was overturned by the Second Court of Appeals. Now the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office is asking the Texas Court of Criminal ...