# I Pit the ID-demanding GOP vote-suppressors (Part 1)

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**Created:** [June 12, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-id-demanding-gop-vote-suppressors-part-1/624943 "2012-06-12T19:15:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-id-demanding-gop-vote-suppressors-part-1/624943/11092 "2024-03-29T02:28:26Z")

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> [@Typo\_Negative](#):
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> Black woman casts illegal ballot (in what could be considered a simple mistake), gets 5 years in jail.
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> Brown woman casts 2 illegal ballots (in what could be considered a simple mistake), gets 8 years in jail.

Crystal Mason has been acquitted by an appeals court. That won’t fix the horror she has lived under due to this Texas racist horseshit, but hopefully she’ll get the support she needs to recover her life. Who would certainly throw money into a go fund me if she had one.

> **[Crystal Mason: Texas woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/28/crystal-mason-texas-woman-acquitted)**
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> Appeals court rules Mason, now 49, did not know she was ineligible when she voted in 2016 and throws out conviction

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