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Crystal Mason: Texas woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but 5 years seems way too high for voting when you're not allowed to. There's real criminals out there with less jail time. If anything, a fine or some community service would've done it.
Seeing as how that dude from Florida got a 5k fine for 9 times the votes, yeah this is extreme