Minutes after a New York jury convicted Donald Trump on 34 felony counts, social media lit up with posts declaring that the former President would not be able to vote for himself in this year’s election.

Those saying that Trump, as a convicted felon, will be barred from voting included Democratic U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, Florida Senate Democratic Leader Jason Pizzo, British-American journalist Medhi Hassan and actor-comedian John Leguizamo.

But they’re wrong.

Florida law since 1977 has provided that convicted felons are not disqualified from voting during the pendency of an appeal, which Trump’s legal team will certainly file in the wake of Thursday’s verdict.

Further, state law provides...

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