Senate Bill 2, which would increasing the criminal penalty for committing election fraud, is a top priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. It was voted out of...
ruled that prosecutors needed to prove Mason knew she was committing a crime when she filled out a provisional ballot in Tarrant County.of the bill states. “Requiring that the prosecution prove a defendant’s personal knowledge of a specific law makes a crime almost impossible to prosecute.”“It would be very hard to prove [voter fraud] with circumstantial evidence that a person knew,” said Jonathan White, former chief of the election integrity unit at the attorney general’s office.
“This law is in fact a very wide net that would criminalize a wide variety of innocent behavior,” French said. Mason was on parole for a federal tax fraud felony when she signed an affidavit for a provisional ballot indicating that she had completed her sentence and was eligible to vote. Texas law prohibits felons from voting until they complete their sentence, including terms of parole.
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