TootSweet@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoDid Trump vote? Could he have?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareDid Trump vote? Could he have?TootSweet@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
He’s a convicted felon, right? And that means he isn’t eligible to vote, right? So he didn’t/couldn’t vote, right?
minus-squareArmok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·7 days agoFlorida allows felons to vote if the state the felony conviction occurred in allows felons to vote. New York allows felons to vote, thus Florida allows him to vote.
minus-squarejohannesvanderwhales@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down7·7 days agoWhich doesn’t matter anyway because he hasn’t been sentenced.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 days agoStill a felon. That’s how NY law works.
minus-squareSoapbox1858@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoI looked this up a while back. Felons in NY can vote as long as they aren’t currently incarcerated.
Florida allows felons to vote if the state the felony conviction occurred in allows felons to vote. New York allows felons to vote, thus Florida allows him to vote.
Which doesn’t matter anyway because he hasn’t been sentenced.
Still a felon. That’s how NY law works.
I looked this up a while back. Felons in NY can vote as long as they aren’t currently incarcerated.