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Donald J. Trump has vowed to appeal, but his ability to vote and vote could be limited as part of his campaign for the White House.
By Jesse McKinley and Maggie Astor
Thursday’s sentencing of former President Donald J. Trump is the latest step in his legal odyssey through New York’s justice system. Judge Juan M. Merchan set Mr. Trump’s sentence for July 11, when he could be sentenced to up to 4 years in prison or probation.
However, this won’t save him from running for president: there’s no legal prohibition for criminals to do so. There would be no constitutional provision that would even save him from exercising the office of president from his criminal cell, in practice it would provoke a crisis that the courts would almost have to resolve.
Your ability to vote (on your own, possibly) depends on whether or not you are sentenced to prison. Florida, where it is registered, requires convicted felons there to serve their full sentence, adding parole or parole, before regaining their right to vote. But when Floridians are convicted in a state, Florida submits to that state’s legislation and New York only disenfranchises criminals while they are in prison.
Former President Donald J. Trump has faced 34 criminal charges for falsifying business records, similar to the reimbursement paid to porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up a sex scandal surrounding the 2016 presidential election.
“Because Florida recognizes the restoration of voting rights in the sentencing state and New York law states that other people convicted of crimes do not lose their right to vote unless they are incarcerated after the election, Trump will not lose his right to vote. this case unless he’s in prison on Election Day,” said Blair Bowie, an attorney with the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit watchdog group.
Trump will all but appeal his conviction, after months of criticizing the case and attacking the Manhattan district attorney, who filed it, and Judge Merchan, who presided over his trial.
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