Why Donald Trump Can Still Vote for Himself as a Convicted Felon

Despite being a convicted felon, the former president can cast one more Florida ballot for Donald Trump

Donald Trump arrives Wednesday in court
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump walks into the courtroom as he attends his criminal trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York, New York, Wednesday, May, 29, 2024. (POOL PHOTO by Doug Mills/The New York Times

Though he is now a convicted felon, Donald Trump can still vote for himself in the 2024 election.

Though the majority of U.S. states bar convicted felons from voting in some way, in Florida, where Trump is a resident, a felon’s voting rights are governed by the state in which they were convicted.

As the ACLU of New York notes, a convicted felon can vote in New York as long as they were not sentenced to prison or had a prison sentence suspended. Voting rights for New Yorkers are also restored after they are released from prison, so Trump could theoretically vote for himself again if he served a sentence and was then released, despite the felony convictions.

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