Donald Trump was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records linked to hush money payments earlier this year

Donald Trump casted a vote for himself on Tuesday in Palm Beach, Florida, despite the fact he is a convicted felony – and there’s a reason for that.

Earlier this year, the former US president, who is hoping to return to the White House with victory in the upcoming presidential election, was convicted and found guilty in Manhattan on all 34 counts of falsifying business records.

Trump had previously denied the accusations, which claim that the records were linked to a hush money payment to adult film star, Stormy Daniels, by his former lawyer, Michael Cohen.

After his guilty verdict by a jury, he described the trial as a ‘disgrace’ and ‘rigged’ and that he was an ‘innocent man’.

But while he hopes to be president-elect in the coming weeks, Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on November 26.

Many believed that his conviction may make it difficult for the businessman to vote in the election today (5 November) as Florida generally makes it tricky for people in the state with felony convictions to vote.

However, this doesn’t appear to be the case for Trump.

According to CNN, there is a bit of a loophole in the system as under Florida law, if a voter received the conviction in another state, then Florida will defer to that state’s law on voting with a felony conviction.