Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs can vote in 2024 election from behind bars while awaiting sex trafficking trial

Sean “Diddy” Combs tin ballot successful nan 2024 predetermination while locked up and awaiting his proceedings connected sex trafficking charges, The Post tin confirm.

The disgraced euphony mogul, 55, has been down bars successful Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center since September aft being arrested for alleged racketeering conspiracy, activity trafficking and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution. He’s pleaded not blameworthy to nan charges.

According to nan Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Diddy and different inmates astatine nan facility, commonly known arsenic MDC, are eligible to ballot only by absentee ballot, provided they person not been convicted. TMZ was nan first to study nan story.

“Pre-trial incarceration does not impact an individual’s voting rights,” a BOP rep told The Post connected Tuesday. “This intends if nan individual was eligible to ballot earlier entering nan custody of nan Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP), their eligibility to ballot does not alteration unless and until they are convicted.”

“Incarcerated individuals connected pre-trial status, aliases ‘not convicted of a crime,’ are eligible to ballot but must utilize nan absentee ballot system,” nan rep added.

As pinch each voters, inmates astatine MDC must beryllium registered to ballot earlier they tin petition an absentee ballot. But receiving and sending a ballot from down bars has a fewer further hurdles.

Incarcerated individuals “must usage their location reside arsenic nan ‘residential address,’ not their situation reside erstwhile completing their elector registration application,” nan rep explained. “Once they are registered to vote, they should database nan FBOP installation they are incarcerated successful connected their absentee ballot exertion arsenic their ‘mailing address.'”

Federal prisons dainty “incoming message from a Board of Election branded ‘Official Election Mail,’ ‘Official Election Ballot,’ ‘Ballot Enclosed,’ aliases akin connection indicating nan contents of nan letter cover see an predetermination ballot will beryllium treated arsenic typical message and nan incarcerated individual will beryllium asked to motion for receipt of nan mail,” according to nan official. However, “other types of election-related message are considered wide correspondence.”

Outgoing absentee ballots are “treated arsenic typical message and will not beryllium opened aliases inspected by FBOP employees,” they noted.

According to TMZ, convicted inmates that lived successful Maine, Puerto Rico, Vermont aliases nan District of Columbia earlier being incarcerated are capable to ballot while locked up, owing to a 2021 Executive Order signed by President Biden.

Diddy endorsed Biden successful nan 2020 election. The Post has reached retired to nan rapper’s reps.

Before his autumn from grace, Diddy took efforts to summation elector turnout. Pushing his “Vote aliases Die” campaign.

Diddy has tried respective times to beryllium released from jailhouse connected bail while he awaits trial, tentatively scheduled for May 2025. A judge has denied each of nan star’s requests.