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Jen Rice / Houston Public Media
Originally published on July 9, 2021 4:53 pm
When Hervis Rogers went viral on social media for being the last person in line at Texas Southern University to cast a vote at 1 a.m. on Super Tuesday
in March 2020, he was applauded as a tenacious, civic-minded man who worked hard to exercise his right to vote.
Now, Rogers is being prosecuted by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton s office for allegedly voting illegally.
The arrest came just one day before the Texas Legislature convened on Thursday to begin a special session, where a controversial voting bill is on the agenda.
TexasUnited-statesMontgomery-countyHoustonSouth-acresTexas-southern-universityTarrant-countyHarris-countyTexansAmericaHervis-rogersNicoled-porterIt s not the first time such a case has occurred in Texas. In 2016, Crystal Mason, a Tarrant County mother of three, cast a vote while on federal supervised release. She maintains that she did not know about the rules. And when she arrived at the polling place,
she told the ACLU that her name wasn t on the list of registered voters, but she was offered a provisional ballot, which she filled out.
Six months later, she was arrested.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has made prosecuting alleged cases of voter fraud a core mission of his office. Data released by the AG s office reveals more than 130 people were prosecuted between 2005 and 2018.
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