As has been well established by multiple accounts, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is rocking an orange prisoner outfit at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. The founder of the troubled and disgraced Bad Boy Records has been jailed behind bars on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. However, he has not yet been convicted in the federal case, maintaining his right to vote in California.
US Election Day comes well ahead of the mogul’s scheduled 2025 criminal trial, raising the obvious question: Will he vote this time? It is unclear whether he is actually going to do this. However, TMZ has revealed how he may be taking the complex action now given his current circumstances.
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Officials at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, behind the Brooklyn detention center that housed Combs, told the tabloid that the seriously accused hip-hop personality could be fulfilling his civic duty by using an absentee ballot sent from the federal prison.
To do this, the incarcerated music artist must request an absentee ballot to vote in their registered state, possibly Florida or California.
Diddy wouldn’t be the only inmate to choose this option. The Bureau of Prisons has reportedly established that many inmates who were eligible to vote before going behind bars can still do so through absentee voting from the prison system. The only problem is that they shouldn’t be convicted.
How can prisoners vote?
The US Vote Foundation website also declares, “If you are in jail for a misdemeanor you should check your voter registration status, register to vote if necessary, and obtain an absentee ballot from your county elections office. Must request.
You can vote while awaiting trial on any charge, even while incarcerated, unless you have lost your right to vote because of a prior conviction.
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Additionally, the BOP told the outlet that a 2021 executive order signed by current President Joe Biden gives felons who lived in Maine, Puerto Rico, Vermont or the District of Columbia prior to their arrest the opportunity to register and vote.
In-person voting in LA County jails
In a surprise development, every Los Angeles County jail gained in-person voting access for the first time this year. The National Association of Counties announced in January, “For the first time, eligible individuals incarcerated in all Los Angeles County jails will have the opportunity to vote in person during the March primary and November election as part of the county’s Free the Vote initiative ” The aim of which is to increase civic engagement among its population related to justice.
Each county jail will operate a flex voting center during designated time segments during the state’s 10-day voting period where inmates can register to vote on-site and fill out their ballot through a streamlined process that the county Made possible through a partnership between the . and Office of the Registrar Recorder.