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He was only convicted in NY of class E felonies for falsifying business records, and in NY he isn’t barred as long as he isn’t incarcerated. Florida generally defers to the voting rights laws of the state where the conviction occurred.
Felons should be allowed to vote regardless. But I’m Illinois where I’m from, you have to be in jail to lose the right.
Fun fact: Incarcerated people are generally disenfranchised by law but are also still counted towards representational districting as “residents” of the rural and sparsely populated areas where prisons are typically located; effectively strengthening the voting power of the non-incarcerated residents of those areas several times over.
