Politics Program, Center for Civic Engagement, American and Indigenous Studies Program, and Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences Present
Imprisoned for Voting?: The Crystal Mason Case and Voter Repression
Friday, November 1, 2019
Hegeman 204A
11:30 am – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
11:30 am – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Tommy Buser-Clancy
Staff-attorney, Texas ACLU
Crystal Mason, a Black mother of three from Texas, thought she was performing her civic duty by filling out a provisional ballot in the 2016 election. She didn't know it would land her a five-year prison sentence, upending her family and the life she had built.Staff-attorney, Texas ACLU
At the time, Crystal was on federal supervised release, a preliminary period of freedom for individuals who have served their full time of incarceration in federal prison. Nobody told her that the state considered her ineligible to vote. Yet the state of Texas contended that somehow, she should have known. Although the state didn’t even count her provisional ballot, it still intends to send her to prison for the crime of voting while the state considered her ineligible.
Join us for a presentation by Tommy Buser-Clancy, staff-attorney for Texas ACLU who, alongside the Texas Civil Rights Project, are fighting Crystal Mason’s case in the courts.
For more information, call 845-758-6051, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Hegeman 204A