Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida special election as he bashes mail ballots
AP News • • general
Key Points:
- President Donald Trump voted by mail in a Florida special election despite publicly criticizing mail-in voting as a source of fraud and pushing Congress to restrict its use.
- Trump has called mail-in voting "cheating" and "corrupt as hell," urging passage of the SAVE Act, which would limit mail ballots to select groups like disabled voters and military personnel, though the bill faces challenges in the Senate.
- Trump’s opposition to mail-in voting stems from his false claims that mail ballots led to his 2020 election loss, despite multiple court rulings and investigations finding no evidence of widespread fraud.
- The president does not have a standing mail ballot request and must request mail ballots for individual elections, as he did for the recent Florida state legislative special election.
- Trump endorsed a candidate in the Florida House District 87 race on his social media platform without disclosing his own mail-in vote in that election.
