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Does the GOP/MAGA Now Support Voting Rights For Convicted Felons?
Now that MAGA has all but taken over the GOP, have they come out in support of voting rights for convicted felons? I wonder how the cognitive dissonance gets resolved if they don't? After all the GOP nominee is a convicted felon. But Trump has not been sentenced yet, so hasn't served a punishment yet. Hmm...
Voting rights activists and Republican officials across the country are battling over whether felons should have their voting privileges restored once they've served their punishments.
Why it matters: The tussle is largely partisan, with most Republicans opposing felons voting and Democrats — including those in Congress seeking a national standard for restoring felons to voting rolls — backing the idea as a key step toward rehabilitation.
- A big reason for that divide: Felons are four times as likely as non-felons to be Democrats or politically unaffiliated, a 2019 study found. Only 20% of felons identified as Republicans after being released.
- That's made felon voting a key point of contention in the run-up to the 2024 elections.
And yes, Trump is a convicted felon, as his lawyers have been pushing to overturn his felony conviction after Supreme Court immunity ruling.
Trump lawyers push to overturn his felony conviction after Supreme Court immunity ruling
Donald Trump’s lawyers are urging the judge in his New York hush money case to overturn his conviction and dismiss the case in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity.www.pbs.org
Trump Is a Convicted Felon. Does That Actually Mean Anything?
He cannot serve on a jury. BU LAW experts explain what rights the former president may or may not see restricted and how that could affect a Trump presidency
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Why it matters: The tussle is largely partisan, with most Republicans opposing felons voting and Democrats — including those in Congress seeking a national standard for restoring felons to voting rolls — backing the idea as a key step toward rehabilitation.
- A big reason for that divide: Felons are four times as likely as non-felons to be Democrats or politically unaffiliated, a 2019 study found. Only 20% of felons identified as Republicans after being released.
- That's made felon voting a key point of contention in the run-up to the 2024 elections.
And yes, Trump is a convicted felon, as his lawyers have been pushing to overturn his felony conviction after Supreme Court immunity ruling.
