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In TX, casting a PROVISIONAL ballot is illegal?
Texas's penalties for illegal voting, which is very rare, have come under increased scrutiny in recent years. In one notable case, a Tarrant County woman named Crystal Mason was convicted of voter fraud for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election that she says she did not know she was ineligible to cast.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/abbott-calls-for-texas-legislature-to-increase-penalty-for-illegal-voting/ar-AAP2CHH?li=BB141NW3&ocid=U483DHP
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(I knew someone was sentenced to jail for voting illegally, but it was a PROVISIONAL ballot?????)
