Trump calls mail-in voting "mail-in cheating." He just cast his ballot by mail.
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Key Points:
- President Trump, who has publicly criticized mail-in voting as "cheating," voted by mail in Florida's special election for the 87th district statehouse seat in March.
- Records show Trump requested and submitted his mail-in ballot while he was at his Palm Beach estate, despite early in-person voting being available at the time.
- Trump has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that mail-in voting leads to fraud and has called for banning or severely restricting the practice through legislation like the SAVE America Act.
- Despite his vocal opposition to mail-in voting, Trump has used the method himself, including in the 2020 election and the recent Florida special election.
- The president continues to blame mail-in voting for his 2020 election loss, even though similar voting procedures were in place when he won four years earlier.
