Then nearly a dozen police pounded on his door, he was arrested, and then convicted for "conspiracy against rights" by those who claimed he was scheming to deprive people of the right to vote.

Now he's appealing.

He has written in a request for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the decision, and he's arguing that if the government's case against him stands, the results necessarily would criminalize not just political misinformation and satire, but also "lies about also whether and for whom to vote. Such a sprawling political speech code is in the teeth of every applicable canon for reading criminal laws, and grossly offends the First Amendment."

His appeal charges that prosecutors in his case claimed "to find a ban on election misinformation in a 150-year-old statute to combat KKK violence," the Revolver report noted.

Further, prosecuting "deceptive speech" is without precedent in the 150-year history of the law.

The appeal contends, "The premise of this prosecution is that [the law] criminalizes anything, even deceptive speech, that may 'hamper,' 'frustrate,' 'slow,' or 'prevent' voting. […] Consider the repercussions of that interpretation[.]"

Additionally, a "progressive" activist told Donald Trump supporters to vote by text, but she was not prosecuted.