TootSweet@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDid Trump vote? Could he have?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareDid Trump vote? Could he have?TootSweet@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-up46·2 months 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-down7·2 months agoWhich doesn’t matter anyway because he hasn’t been sentenced.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoStill a felon. That’s how NY law works.
minus-squareSoapbox1858@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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.