The liberal/leftist mainstream news media is once again trying to justify a crime using race and ignorance to condemn a good law. Houston resident Hervis Earl Rogers, 62, a convicted felon, was charged on June 24 with illegally voting. He is being portrayed as a victim of an unjust law that restricts minorities from voting.
Rogers, an ex-felon, voted in the 2018 general and special elections and the 2020 Democratic primary. Ex-felons can only vote if they have completed both their sentences and all the terms of their supervised release, such as parole, which Rogers had not. In addition, it is against the law for anyone in Texas to knowingly vote or attempt to vote in an election in which they know they are ineligible.