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Texas Woman Sentenced To 5 Years For Illegal Voting

Crystal Mason is a convicted felon. "She didn't understand! She was never told she couldn't vote," her lawyer said.
A Texas judge sentenced a woman to five years in prison for voting illegally in the 2016 presidential election.

On Nov. 8, 2016, Crystal Mason got out of work and drove through the rain to her home in Dallas. She walked through the door and tried to settle in for the evening. But her mother delivered something akin to a scolding.

"You have to go vote!" Mason's mother said, according to her attorney, J. Warren St. John, who spoke to NPR.

Mason grabbed her keys

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