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Texas Woman Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Illegally Voting In 2016

By Mindy Fischer on March 30, 2018 2016, affidavit, an election judge allowed her to cast a provisional ballot, convicted felons can't vote until they complete their full sentence, conviction, criminal, Crystal Mason, Dallas News, elections, felon, five years in prison, illegal, Mason, never told that she couldn't vote, prison, provisional ballot, sentenced, she didn't carefully read the affidavit, supervised release, Texas woman, Texas woman sentenced to 5 years in prison for illegally voting in 2016, this story is unbelievable, vote, voting, voting illegally, voting rights Elections 2016, Human Interest, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Uncategorized, Women's issues

This story is unbelievable. On Wednesday, a Texas woman was sentenced to five years in prison for voting illegally in the 2016 presidential election. On Thursday, the Dallas News reported, “Crystal Mason, 43, was on supervised release for a 2011 conviction for tax fraud when she voted. In Texas, convicted felons can’t vote until they […]

Alabama Elections Officials Trying To Send Nearly 700 People To Prison For Party Crossover Voting

By Mindy Fischer on October 25, 2017 ACLU, Alabama, Alabama elections officials trying to send nearly 700 people to prison for crossover voting, crossover vote, crossover voting, Democratic Senate primary, Democrats, Doug Jones, elections, fear, GOP primary runoff, ignorance is no excuse, intimidation, investigation, Luther Strange, Merrill, new law, primary, prosecute, prosecution, Randall Marshall, republicans, right to vote, Roy Moore, runoff, secretary of state John Merrill, Senate, send all of them to prison, special election, switched parties, ThinkProgress, vote, voter suppression, voting, voting rights Corruption, Elections, GOP, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Republicans, Right Wing Hatred

674 voters in Alabama switched parties between the Democratic Senate primary and the Republican runoff. Now the Alabama Republican secretary of state is trying to send all of them to prison for five years. In May, Alabama passed a new law banning crossover voting. The new law says that if an Alabama citizen votes in […]

Cory Booker Just Did The Dems Proud Testifying Against Jeff Sessions -VIDEO

By Mindy Fischer on January 11, 2017 Attorney General, combat them, Cory Booker, Cory Booker just did the Dems proud, defend the equal rights, Democrats, Dems, hearings, his record indicates that he won't, horrendous pick to hold office, Jeff Sessions, persistent biases, pursue justice for women, racism, Senate, Senate Confirmation Hearings, Senate Democrats, Senator, Senator Sessions, Senatorial fraternity, testifying against Jeff Sessions, voting rights Congress, Democrats, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, race relations

“Persistent biases cannot be defeated unless we combat them.” Senate Confirmation Hearings for Donald Trump’s nominees are now well under way. The hearings for Jeff Sessions, who’s been nominated for Attorney General, began earlier this week. But to the disappointment of many of us, the Senate Democrats have been very easy on their fellow Senator. […]