On Election Day 2016, Crystal Mason went to vote after her mother insisted that she make her voice heard in the presidential election. When her name didn’t appear on official voting rolls at her polling place in Tarrant County, Texas, she filled out a provisional ballot, not thinking anything of it. Ms. Mason’s ballot was never officially counted or tallied because she was ineligible to vote: She was on supervised release after serving five years for tax fraud. Ms. Mason maintains that she didn’t know she was ineligible to vote. Ms. Mason unsuccessfully asked for a new trial and lost her case in an appellate court.

Source: New York Times April 03, 2021 15:22 UTC