Following former President Donald Trump’s felony conviction of falsifying business records, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he hasn’t lost his voting rights in the state.
Florida is a state notorious for restricting the voting rights of people with felony convictions.
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In Trump’s case, New York law only removes the right to vote for people convicted of felonies when they’re incarcerated. Once they’re out of prison, their rights are automatically restored, even if they’re on parole, per a 2021 law passed by the state’s Democratic legislature.
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Gov. DeSantis wrote via X that Trump’s case would be “an easy case to qualify for restoration of rights.”
Read the full post below:
Former President Donald Trump hasn't lost his voting rights in Florida. Rights are not removed in Florida where they haven't yet been stripped in the convicting jurisdiction.
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) June 1, 2024
That said, given the absurd nature of the New York prosecution of Trump, this would be an easy case to…
Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
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Jurors convicted Trump on all 34 counts after deliberating for 9.5 hours.
The conviction, and even imprisonment, would not bar Trump from continuing his pursuit of the White House. The Republican National Convention, which will open four days after his July 11 sentencing date in New York, adopted rules last year that didn’t include any specific provisions if its presumptive nominee is convicted of a crime.