She went to the election office to find out whether she could run for mayor. A probation officer checked, signed a form, and told Pamela Moses she was eligible. He was wrong. She got SIX YEARS for his mistake. Memphis, Tennessee, 2019. Pamela Moses is a Black Lives Matter activist who had been in repeated conflict with local officials. She wanted to run for mayor. To do it she needed her voting rights restored. She went to the probation office. An officer checked her file, completed and signed the certificate saying her probation was complete, and she took that signed document to the election commission. The document was wrong. Her probation had not expired. The officer had made an error. She was prosecuted for illegally registering to vote and, in January 2022, sentenced to six years and one day. She was sent to prison on the strength of a mistake made by a state employee, on a state form, which she had asked that employee to check. The sentence drew national attention. Then a reporter obtained internal correspondence showing the Tennessee Department of Correction had conducted its own review and concluded the officer had erred. In February 2022 a judge granted her a new trial, finding the state had withheld that document. Shortly afterwards, the district attorney dropped the case entirely. She spent eighty-two days in prison. The officer who filled in the form faced no charges. Now put this next to the post at seven this morning. Crystal Mason in Texas. Pamela Moses in Tennessee. Two Black women, two states, two prosecutions, nine years between them in sentences handed down — for ballots that were never counted and registrations that never took effect. Ask yourself how many hours of prison time have been handed to the people who actually administered those forms.