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Trump votes by mail after calling ballots 'inherently corrupt'
yahoo.com • • nation
Key Points:
- US President Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida's Republican primary despite his repeated public denunciations of mail-in voting as corrupt and susceptible to fraud.
- Trump requested and returned his mail-in ballot in late July and last week, respectively, according to Palm Beach County voting records.
- The White House defended Trump's mail voting by citing exceptions in the legislation he supports, which restricts universal mail-in voting but allows it for illness, disability, military service, or travel.
- Trump has consistently pushed for stricter voting laws, including the SAVE America Act, which aims to impose tougher ID and citizenship requirements and limit mail voting.
- This is not the first time Trump has voted by mail in Florida, having done so in 2020 and earlier in 2022, even while publicly condemning the practice.
