Hervis Rogers claims he was unaware that voting while on felony parole was illegal in Texas. Author: Jason Miles Updated: 7:11 PM CDT July 12, 2021 HOUSTON, Texas — It was well after one 1 a.m. when Hervis Rogers finally exited a TSU polling place in March of 2020 after waiting in a long line for some six hours. "I feel like it was my duty to vote," said Rogers at the time. It's something that resulted in lots of media coverage then and Rogers's arrest more than a year later. "He’s charged with having voted while being ineligible to vote,” said ACLU of Texas legal director Andre Segura.