"We should. We pay taxes... and that's what I believed. If I had a doubt in any way I wouldn't have done it," Mason said. In Texas, felons can't vote until they have completed their full sentence.

Crystal Mason, a Black woman in Texas who has drawn national headlines over the years after she was handed a five-year prison sentence for illegally casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 ...

Texas' highest criminal court on Wednesday ordered a lower court to take another look at the controversial case against Crystal Mason, a Texas woman who was convicted of voting illegally during ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Mason gained national attention after she was convicted for voting while ...

“After considering the dispositive issue remanded to us––whether the evidence was sufficient to support Crystal Mason’s conviction for illegal voting under the Texas Election Code––we ...

Crystal Mason speaks to reporters outside the Tarrant County criminal courthouse in downtown Fort Worth on March 29, 2024. The day before, a Tarrant County-based appeals court threw out her ...