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Thought you were done, eh? (lemmy.world)

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[–] InverseParallax 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Funny thing:

You can't vote in Florida as a felon.

But: You can vote in Florida if you're a felon in another state, and that crime is not a felony in Florida.

Basically Florida has no laws against... well, just don't ask too many questions...

Donald Trump retained his voting rights in Florida after his felony conviction due to the interplay between Florida and New York laws regarding felon disenfranchisement. Florida law stipulates that a felony conviction in another state renders a person ineligible to vote in Florida only if the conviction would make them ineligible to vote in the state where the conviction occurred. PolitiFact

In New York, individuals convicted of felonies lose their voting rights only while incarcerated; once released, their rights are restored. Since Trump was not incarcerated following his New York conviction, he remained eligible to vote under New York law. Consequently, Florida recognized his eligibility, allowing him to retain his voting rights.

Basically once he's sentenced he loses his voting rights.

[–] Bassman1805 14 points 1 month ago

It's not that "the crime isn't a felony in Florida", it's that Florida defaults to the felony-voter rules of the state where the crime was committed.

New York lets felons vote as long as they're not currently incarcerated, so Florida lets him vote.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But: You can vote in Florida if you're a felon in another state, and that crime is not a felony in Florida.

Not quite.

You can't vote in Florida as a Florida felon. If you are convicted of a felony in another state, your eligibility to vote in Florida depends on the eligibility of felons to vote in the state in which you were convicted.

Trump was convicted of felonies in New York State. New York State allows convicted felons to vote. Therefore, Trump is eligible to vote in Florida.

[–] InverseParallax 5 points 1 month ago

New York State allows convicted felons to vote

They allow convicted felons to vote after they served their sentence, or, through this colorful technicality, before they've been sentenced.