If convicted this year, Trump could lose the right to vote for himself

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/14/1240672009/trump-conviction-voting-rights

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  1. >Pundits and analysts have spent much of the past year debating the political impact should Donald Trump be convicted before November’s election of any of the 88 felony charges he faces.

    >On Monday, jury selection begins for the first 34 of those charges, in New York.

    >But one unprecedented oddity lost in the mix is that just a single conviction in any of the cases that Trump faces could put his ability to cast a general election ballot for himself at risk.

    >The cases will play no role in whether Trump can run for federal office, but there’s a real chance they affect whether he can vote in the 2024 race.

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  2. I’d rather see no-one can vote for him, being a criminal, fraud, rapist, racist and a traitor.

    Did I miss any of his fine treats? /s

  3. Trump says he has canceled the election and declared himself the winner!

  4. If there’s anything we’ve learned over the years, he won’t be convicted of anything.

  5. I want to know if he is allowed to travel abroad while awaiting all these cases? It would be funny if the president was banned from travel.

  6. He’ll do it anyway and then we’ll have to listen to conservatives explain why certain fellons should be allowed to vote

  7. Even more important; the campaign ads will ask if you want to vote for a “convicted felon?” Will be utter destruction.

  9. I think stripping voting rights from felons is an appalling practice that robs them of advocating for the reform of their own circumstances.

    But seriously, fuck Trump.

  10. The Revenge of Ron DeSantis!

    Florida has spent decades purging felons from their voter databases. I hadn’t connected the dots, but that’s amazing!

  11. I’d say 100% chance he’ll still do a “look at me voting!” photo op regardless

  12. If you’re not even allowed to vote, you should not be allowed to be voted for.

  13. Trump already doesn’t have the right to vote for himself. Which state and district should he vote in? You might think Palm Beach, Florida because he “lives” at Mar-a-Lago, but Mar-a-Lago cannot be his legal residence because, according to an agreement signed with the city of Palm Beach, it is a club where no guest can reside for more than three weeks.

  16. The fact that a felon cannot vote but can run for the highest office in the land just baffles me.

  17. Imagine if Trump loses by one vote in Florida because he couldn’t vote for himself and it swings the whole election.

    I know it won’t happen, but damn that would be some poetic justice.

  19. Even if he ever goes to trial and gets convicted, and sadly those are planet sized IFS, no judge will ever be allowed to impose any sort of sentence. For the sake of “national unity” Trump will be let go

  20. All of MAGA will suddenly be arguing for felons to be able to vote.

    But oh wait, Florida ruled that you can as long as you paid your fines.

    So in Florida he would have to pay his judgements first.

  22. I bet if he is convicted and loses his right to vote that conservatives will suddenly be in favor of restoring voting rights for felons.

  23. It’s insane that Americans can’t vote as felons but they can run for president

  24. So I could actually see him trying to do that performative act of voting for oneself and being arrested for it.

  25. What a country we have. You can’t vote as a felon but you can run for president

  26. Well he already voted illegally from his non-residence residence in Florida

  27. Won’t be able to vote, but can run for the position everyone else is voting for. ‘Murica

  28. “If” and “could”. Two of the words I’m growing increasingly tired of reading.

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