Just a few weeks earlier, a Texas appeals court had thrown out her five-year prison sentence for voter fraud. As Donald Trump claimed massive voter fraud in the 2016 election, Mason’s case was seen as part of a broader Republican effort to intimidate people from voting. Several Republican-led states have created units to investigate and pursue voter fraud charges. View image in fullscreen Ron DeSantis announces voter fraud arrests across the state, on 18 August 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her conviction came after another woman in Tarrant county, a legal non-citizen, had been sentenced to seven years in prison for also mistakenly voting.

Source: The Guardian June 10, 2024 17:34 UTC