Summary
A 24-year-old man, Daniel Schmidt, was arrested after allegedly disrupting a voting line and assaulting an election judge in Orland Park, Illinois.
Schmidt reportedly attempted to skip the line, ignored repeated instructions to wait, and punched an election judge who tried to stop him, knocking off their glasses.
Other patrons restrained him until police arrived, at which point Schmidt resisted arrest. He faces multiple charges, including aggravated battery against a person over 60 and resisting arrest.
Illinois allows felons to vote once they finished their sentence.
Felons can’t vote in the USA?
How can a felon be a presidential candidate but another felon can not vote for him?
I truly do not understand USA.
Easy. Laws do not apply to the rich and powerful.
Just imagine three weapons manufactures hiding in a trench coat pretending to be a government, and you can work backwards from there.
Until the last decade or so, felons could not vote. Recently, several states have opened a pathway for felons to regain their right to vote.
This is a good thing. It applies to everyone, not just the people we disagree with.
It would be a little better if everyone could vote, regardless of felony stays.
Thanks - edited my snark.
And he obviously hasn’t been convicted yet so yeah he’d be free to vote.
Something tells me that, being under arrest, he’s not gonna be allowed to vote.
Michigan doesn’t do cash bail anymore, so unless a DA pushes for a hearing to hold him as a danger, he may be out later today in time to vote.
Considering the circumstances, that may just end up being the case.
Yes under arrest he’d be screwed but as someone else stated he’ll likely be out in time.
I’ve been arrested before, and never was I out in fewer than 18 hours. That would not give him enough time to get back to the polls to vote.
Oh I completely agree on both counts. I’ve had family members that have been incarcerated before and it was a very slow process.
Then why did you say that he’d likely be out in time?
Because they likely WANT him out in time to vote. But that’s just a guess. Plus it’s a different state with different rules.
Good thing it’s not up to the cops. He would have to be arraigned first, and the wheels of justice move so goddamn fucking slow. That’s not going to suddenly change today.