Trump just voted by mail again - one day after calling it 'mail-in cheating.' Why is he still trying to ban mail ballots?
Yahoo • • nation
Key Points:
- President Trump has vocally opposed mail-in voting, claiming without evidence that it leads to election fraud, yet he personally voted by mail in the 2025 Palm Beach County special election and in 2020.
- Mail-in voting, which has been part of American elections since the Civil War, is now allowed in all states in various forms, with about 30% of ballots cast by mail in the 2024 general election.
- Despite Trump's claims, studies and analyses show mail-in voting fraud is extremely rare, with only a handful of cases detected among millions of ballots cast in recent elections.
- Trump is pushing for stricter voting laws through the SAVE Act, which would impose tougher proof-of-citizenship requirements and make mail-in voting more difficult, potentially disenfranchising millions of eligible voters.
- The Supreme Court is considering a case that could limit the counting of mail ballots arriving after Election Day, a move that could disproportionately impact Democratic voters and complicate the 2026 midterms.
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