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minus-squareRocket@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhat does this mean for his presidential candidacy? Can he still run?
minus-squareAfkargh@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoOddly enough, he can run. But as far as I know, he would be ineligible to vote.
minus-squareNull User Object@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoMy understanding is yes, he can even run if convicted and in prison. https://prisoninsight.com/can-you-run-for-president-in-prison/
minus-squarealyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago My understanding is yes, he can even run if convicted and in prison. most famously this happened with Eugene Debs, yeah
minus-squareConstableJelly@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoBreaks my heart to hear him mentioned in the same context as trump. “While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free…”
What does this mean for his presidential candidacy? Can he still run?
Oddly enough, he can run. But as far as I know, he would be ineligible to vote.
My understanding is yes, he can even run if convicted and in prison. https://prisoninsight.com/can-you-run-for-president-in-prison/
Ah, America and its freedom…
most famously this happened with Eugene Debs, yeah
Breaks my heart to hear him mentioned in the same context as trump.
“While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free…”