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Missouri introduces ‘Donald Trump’ bill making it legal for felons to run for office
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Felons actually can vote in Missouri if they've completed their sentence. This includes parole and probation terms.
Permanent disenfranchisement is actually less common than people think. It's still too common by far, and we need to revisit the reasoning for disenfranchisement while incarcerated or on probation, but in most of the country a felony doesn't prevent voting permanently.
Trump didn't complete his sentence
I'm not super interested in defending trump or Missouri, but he was neither sentenced in general nor convicted of a felony, or running for office, in Missouri.
So other than the name and inspiration, none of this even applies to him.
I was just pointing out that in Missouri, felons aren't completely disenfranchised. Yay marginally better civil rights than a lot of people assumed!
Are you saying Donald Trump wasn't on the ballot in Missouri?
He was indeed not running for a state or local office in Missouri.
The law in question did not apply to him, and the bill was just named referencing him.
The entire thing is moot. All I was saying is that Missouri doesn't permanently disenfranchise felons, and the law being discussed didn't apply to trump for a variety of reasons.