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Last year, a man in Texas got lots of attention for waiting hours to cast a ballot in last year’s presidential primaries. His persistence caught the eye of a CNN news crew when he became the last person to vote at his Houston polling place and said he had waited “a little bit over six hours” to cast his ballot during Super Tuesday in March of last year. “I figured like it was my duty to vote. I wanted to get my vote in to voice my opinion. And I wasn’t going to let nothing stop me. So...

Texas Voter Went Viral After Standing In Line For 6 Hours, Turns Out He Was Voting Illegally 07/12/21 AT 12:39 AM Hervis Rogers, who waited in line during the 2020 Super Tuesday election to cast a vote, is faced with two charges of illegal voting. Photo: Getty Images/Spencer Platt KEY POINTS Rogers became a social media star in March 2020  Rogers’ case is similar to Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to five years for illegal voting Texas Republicans have advanced two new restrictions on...

A Texas man hailed for standing in line for 6 hours to vote has been charged with illegally voting while on parole INSIDER 6 hrs ago mmark@businessinsider.com (Michelle Mark) © Edward A. Ornelas/Getty Images Voters wait in line to cast their ballots on March 3, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas. Edward A. Ornelas/Getty Images Hervis Rogers, 62, went viral last year after he stood in line for six hours, determined to vote. But court records show he was ineligible - he was still on ...

On how that first joint led to Farnsworth Fine Cannabis: “I was 16 years old. I was supposed to be in film class, but I was with my friends, with the sunroof open, driving around the foothills in Salt Lake City,” Farnsworth muses. “For me, growing up in a very conservative Mormon community in Utah, it just felt like cannabis gave me a place that was an escape and that was safe and that was interesting.” “Coming from a background of luxury apparel and luxury retail, it was really abou...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — More than a dozen people filed a lawsuit Friday accusing Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and several police officers and sheriff’s

CLEVELAND, Ohio — More than a dozen people filed a lawsuit Friday accusing Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and several police officers and sheriff’s deputies of excessive force and unlawfully arresting and detaining them during last year’s George Floyd protests in downtown Cleveland. One woman said police officers and jail staff illegally held her in the Cuyahoga County Jail for six days without ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — More than a dozen people filed a lawsuit Friday accusing Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and several police officers and sheriff’s deputies of excessive force and unlawfully arresting and detaining them during last year’s George Floyd protests in downtown Cleveland. One woman said police officers and jail staff illegally held her in the Cuyahoga County Jail for six days without ...

California moving closer to a zero-bail system for misdemeanors, low-level felonies Its now up to the State Assembly to pass a companion bill before this legislation could be submitted to the governor for his signature Author: Richard Allyn (Reporter) Updated: 10:46 PM PDT May 26, 2021 Cash bail in California may soon become a thing of the past for misdemeanors and many non-violent felonies. The state senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would require that jud...

For the people marching in the streets for more than a year after the killing of Breonna Taylor, a wide-ranging new federal investigation of policing in

Louisville pin hopes on Justice Dept. review of policing AP FILE - In this March 13, 2021 file photo, a protester holds up a painting of Breonna Taylor during a rally on the one year anniversary of her death at Jefferson Square Park in Louisville, Ky. On Friday, April 9, 2021, Gov. Andy Beshear has signed a partial ban on no-knock warrants a year after the fatal shooting of Taylor. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley) By: Associated Press and last updated 2021-05-23 19:34:50-04 LOUISVIL...