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By Pooja Salhotra

EXPLAINED: In texas criminal charges and misdemeanor convictions don t automatically take away people s voting rights | Rare Historical Photos

Crystal Mason Texas Donald Trump Harris County

The Linda Woodman State Jail in Gatesville in May 2018. — The Linda Woodman State Jail in Gatesville in May 2018. (Credit: Laura Skelding for The Texas Tribune)

After Crystal Mason cast a ballot in the 2016 presidential election in Tarrant County while on supervised release for tax fraud, she became a national figure in a persistent conflict between voting rights advocates and officials drawing a hard line against illegal voting.

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