Former President Donald Trump will still be able to vote for himself in November -- so long as he isn't behind bars.
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, Friday, May 31, 2024, in New York. A day after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee addressed …Former President Donald Trump will still be able to vote for himself in November — so long as he isn’t behind bars.
“Florida defers to other state laws when it comes to disenfranchising voters who are tried and convicted elsewhere. … , those convicted of felonies who do not go to prison never lose their voting rights,” said Blair Bowie, director of the Campaign Legal Center’s Restore Your Vote project. “Rights are not removed in Florida where they haven’t yet been stripped in the convicting jurisdiction. That said, given the absurd nature of the New York prosecution of Trump, this would be an easy case to qualify for restoration of rights per the Florida Clemency Board, which I chair,” Mr. DeSantis said in a post on X.
On Thursday, a 12-member jury in New York found Mr. Trump guilty on 34 felony counts for falsifying business records, reportedly documenting money paid to Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election as “legal fees” to keep her quiet about an alleged affair from a decade before.
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