Texas Court Says Crystal Mason Stays Cleared of Illegal Voting

Crystal Mason stays cleared. Texas’s top criminal court voted 5-4 on September 24, 2026, to reject the Tarrant County prosecutor’s appeal, her acquittal holds. She got five years in 2018 for casting a backup 2016 ballot that was never counted while finishing her sentence outside prison. The court gave no reason, ending the ten-year fight over what voters must know.