Woman’s Illegal Voting Conviction Overturned by Texas Court

Crystal Mason voted in the 2016 presidential election without having completed probation.

Voters line up to cast their ballots in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 1, 2016. Ron Jenkins/Getty Images

The conviction of a woman who voted in the 2016 presidential election despite being on probation has been overturned by an appeals court.

Crystal Mason voted while on supervised release following a conviction for tax fraud. Texas law requires convicts to have “fully discharged” their sentence, “including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or ... period of probation ordered by any court.”