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Ted Stevens Will Have One Fewer Vote Next Tuesday
His own. Stevens won't be allowed to vote for his own reelection because dude is a felon as of half an hour ago.
The longest serving Republican in the Senate and a man many consider to be the most corrupt politician in Washington DC was found guilty earlier today of making false statements on his Senate financial disclosure forms. The seven felony counts could put Stevens behind bars for as many as 35 years, though that seems unlikely.
Alaska state law prohibits felons from voting until their time is served. (No word on whether Stevens will get to vote in the event he is sentenced to no jail time.) Stevens is currently neck and neck in his Senate race against Anchorage mayor Mark Begich. We'll soon see if Alaska is red enough that a Republican can win reelection despite being a convicted felon and despite being unable, by law, to support his own cause. More here.
the difference between Stevens and other Senators is that he got daught..
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The only way to ensure change in Washington and protect all of us from self serving politicians is to enact term limits for all political offices.
So wait...
Felons can't vote, but they can serve in the Senate?
Ah, but what if he was clever enough to vote early by absentee ballot?
Actually, he will be allowed to vote because judgment has not been, and will not be, entered by Tuesday. The rendering of the verdict by the jury is not final. When sentencing is done, in February I believe, the verdict will be entered. At that point he will become a felon. Accoring to Alaska law, if he was a felon today he would not be allowed to stand for election of any office. I didn't want it to be that way, but I brought it up in my Criminal Procedure class last night and was assigned to investigate. That is the law.
When sentencing is done, in
When sentencing is done, in February I believe, the verdict will be entered