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.
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.
But even within that group of states that disenfranchise felons, there’s a wide spectrum in terms of how a conviction impacts a person’s right to vote.
Trump’s situation would be simpler to figure out, say legal experts NPR spoke with, if all the cases were taking place in the same state.
A conviction in the election interference case that Trump faces in Washington, D.C., federal court would seem not to impact his voting rights, however, because the District of Columbia does not disenfranchise people with felonies.
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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.
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.
But even within that group of states that disenfranchise felons, there’s a wide spectrum in terms of how a conviction impacts a person’s right to vote.
Trump’s situation would be simpler to figure out, say legal experts NPR spoke with, if all the cases were taking place in the same state.
A conviction in the election interference case that Trump faces in Washington, D.C., federal court would seem not to impact his voting rights, however, because the District of Columbia does not disenfranchise people with felonies.
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