FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors in Texas asked the state’s highest criminal appeals court on Thursday to reverse a ruling that overturned a Fort Worth woman’s voter fraud conviction and five-year prison term for casting an illegal provisional ballot.
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 Appeals to reverse that ruling.
Mason was convicted in 2018 of illegal voting in district court. Prosecutors maintained that Mason read and signed an affidavit accompanying the provisional ballot affirming that she had “fully completed” her sentence if convicted of a felony.
But the Second Court of Appeals ruled that even if she read the words on the affidavit, she may not have known that being on probation for a previous felony conviction left her ineligible to vote in 2016.
José Ramírez hits grand slam, AL
Olivia Dunne congratulates LSU teammate on winning top award ahead of semifinals meet
Hilarious voice to text messages that'll make you wish people still used landlines
Study says it's likely a warmer world made deadly Dubai downpours heavier
Man granted parole for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of 2 Dartmouth College professors
Horoscope today: Daily guide to what the stars have in store for YOU
Rap artist GloRilla has been charged with drunken driving in Georgia
U.S. labor secretary says UAW win at Tennessee Volkswagen plant shows southern workers back unions
Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers's partial vetoes to literacy bill
Cubs reliever Luke Little forced to change his glove because of white in American flag patch
Bills would preferably be on the receiving end in the NFL draft after dealing Diggs to Houston