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As in Georgia, Texas Democrats look to mobilize businesses against voting restrictions Jon Ward
With new voting restrictions making their way through the Texas Legislature, Democrats in the state are seeking to replicate the pressure campaign waged by activists and businesses in Georgia to stop the measures from becoming law.
On Tuesday, a coalition of activists and politicians called on major corporations with a presence in Texas to stop making political contributions to any state lawmakers who have supported Senate Bill 7, which would limit early voting hours, eliminate drive-through voting centers and roll back an expansion of mail-in voting that was allowed in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Her Ballot Didnât Count. She Faces 5 Years in Prison for Casting It.
A Texas woman is appealing her conviction of voting illegally in the 2016 election. A lawyer says her prosecution âguts the entire purpose of the provisional ballot system.â
Crystal Mason was sentenced to five years in prison for casting an illegal provisional ballot during the 2016 presidential election. The ballot was never counted.Credit.Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News, via Associated Press
April 3, 2021
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 didnât appear on official voting rolls at her polling place in Tarrant County, Texas, she filled out a provisional ballot, not thinking anything of it.
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