Missouri “Trump Act” Would Let Felons Run For Office

St. Louis’s Fox affiliate reports:

A Missouri representative is proposing a repeal of a state law that currently prevents citizens with a felony history from running for a local and state office. Republican Rep. Michael Davis of Belton, a suburb of Kansas City, pre-filed House Bill 318 on Dec. 3.

The bill, named the “Donald J. Trump Election Qualification Act,” would make it possible for those who have been guilty of a felony charge to run in a Missouri office “if otherwise qualified.”

While Missouri allows convicted felons to vote after completing their sentence and to run for a federal office, it prohibits them from becoming candidates for local and state offices. Davis calls this a discrepancy within the qualifications of running for different offices.

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