Jon Ponder, the convicted bank robber turned activist who received a pardon from President Trump during the second night of the Republican National Convention, plans to vote in his “very first” presidential election this fall, thanks to a recent change in Nevada law that restores voting rights to ex-felons.
In an interview on “The Daily Briefing” Wednesday, Ponder told host Dana Perino that the opportunity to fulfill what he called one of the “greatest privileges we have as Americans” means “everything in the world to me.”
“I was waiting for this moment,” he said. “This presidential election is going to be the very first ever for me, and I am just so grateful to be able to participate in that.
“One of the greatest privileges we have as Americans is to participate in the electoral process,” he added, “so it’s something I’m looking very, very forward to and something I waited a long time for.”…
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