Sean “Diddy” Combs will be able to vote in the 2024 election while he is locked up and awaiting trial sex trafficking accusationsMail can confirm.

Disgraced music mogul, 55, behind bars Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center After being arrested since September on allegations of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation for prostitution. He did not accept the accusations.

According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Diddy and other inmates at the facility MDCThey may vote only by absentee ballot, provided they have not been convicted. TMZ was the first to report the story.

“Pretrial incarceration does not impact an individual’s right to vote,” a BOP representative told The Post on Tuesday. “This means that if the individual had the right to vote before entering the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP), his right to vote does not change unless he is convicted.”

“Incarcerated individuals who are in pre-trial status or ‘not convicted of a crime’ have the right to vote but must use the absentee voting system,” the representative added.

Like all voters, MDC inmates must register to vote before they can request an absentee ballot. But there are a few additional hurdles to receiving and returning ballots from behind bars.

The BOP representative explained that incarcerated people “should use their home address, not the prison address, as their ‘residence address’ when filling out voter registration applications.” “After registering to vote, they must list the FBOP facility where they are incarcerated as their ‘mailing address’ on their absentee ballot application.”

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Federal prisons will “regard as private mail mail from the Board of Elections labeled ‘Official Election Mail,’ ‘Official Election Ballot,’ ‘Sealed Ballot Stamp,’ or similar language indicating that the contents of the envelope contain an election ballot, and will receive the mail from the incarcerated person, according to the Official.” However, “other types of election-related mail are considered general correspondence.”

They noted that outgoing ballots are “considered private mail and will not be opened or reviewed by FBOP employees.”

Convicted inmates who lived in Maine, Puerto Rico, Vermont, or the District of Columbia before incarceration can vote while locked up, thanks to the 2021 Executive Order signed by President Biden, according to TMZ.

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Diddy endorsed Biden In the 2020 elections. The Post reached out to the rapper’s representatives.

Before his fall from grace, Diddy made efforts to increase voter turnout, pushing his “Vote or Die” campaign.

Diddy has tried to get out of jail on bail several times while awaiting trial, tentatively scheduled for May 2025. The judge denied each of the star’s requests.

Federal prosecutors alleged: Diddy hosted “freak events” It’s described as “elaborate sexual performances in which Combs orchestrated, directed, masturbated, and often recorded electronically,” according to Diddy’s unsealed indictment. The government alleged that the hip-hop producer also sold drugs to individuals to “keep victims obedient and compliant.”

Diddy fell on hard times after he was arrested by Department of Homeland Security agents and sent to MDC. Prison food options.

The Post exclusively revealed what the rapper was up to He dined on his 55th birthday on Mondaystandouts are the meatballs and the “breakfast cake.”

Gastronomic troubles aside, Diddy was able to enjoy another kind of birthday treat: A phone conversation with his seven children. In a video posted by Diddy’s 30-year-old son Justin, he and his siblings sang “Happy Birthday” over a loudspeaker to their incarcerated father.

“It’s my birthday, I’m happy,” Combs told his children in a surprisingly cheerful tone. “Thank you all for making this call to me. Thank you very much. “I love you all.”

The call featured in Justin’s video is the first time the public has heard Diddy’s voice since his incarceration.