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After being convicted of a felony in New York, Donald Trump stands to lose his voting rights.
Current Florida voting laws call for the state to follow the voting laws where the conviction took place.
However, according to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, if New York revokes Trump’s voting rights after the conviction, he will override them.
Not Happening
DeSantis and Trump are far from being buddy-buddy after the Trump campaign launched a very nasty attack campaign against DeSantis and his wife during the primary, but DeSantis has not let that stand in the way of helping Trump when possible.
I doubt we will see these guys bro-hugging again anytime soon, but DeSantis has stated he will fundraise for Trump and do what he can get to him elected.
To that point, after Trump was convicted and the issue of Trump being able to vote came up, DeSantis posted on X, “Former President Donald Trump hasn’t lost his voting rights in Florida. Rights are not removed in Florida where they haven’t yet been stripped in the convicting jurisdiction.
“That said, given the absurd nature of the New York prosecution of Trump, this would be an easy case to qualify for restoration of rights per the Florida Clemency Board, which I chair.
“The bottom line is that Donald Trump’s vote this November will be one of millions that demonstrate Florida is now a solid Republican state!”
David Tarras, a Boca Raton criminal defense attorney tried to explain the situation, stating, “I think the real question here is how quickly is that going to be done and until we know what President Trump’s sentence is going to be in New York it’s very hard to say that that’s going to be feasible.
“But what isn’t clear is if you’re not incarcerated in New York, does that make you eligible to apply for clemency in Florida or does Florida’s clemency automatically honor New York’s rules of clemency? The law is not clear.”
Well, thankfully, we no longer have to worry about the law because DeSantis just stepped in and saved the day.
