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President Donald Trump has once again participated in Florida’s electoral process through mail voting, despite his ongoing public attacks on the method as a breeding ground for fraud. He has been vocal about his concerns, urging legislative action to restrict its use.
Records from Palm Beach County confirm that Trump mailed in his vote for a special election concerning state legislative roles, and his vote has been successfully counted. This came after a period of early in-person voting concluded on Sunday, while Trump was at his estate in South Florida.
In recent statements, Trump has labeled mail-in voting as “cheating” and “corrupt as hell.” He is pushing for the SAVE Act, a legislative proposal aimed at eliminating universal mail ballots, restricting them to certain groups such as those with disabilities, military personnel, or individuals unable to vote in person on Election Day. However, the bill’s future remains uncertain in the narrowly divided Senate, despite Trump’s advocacy.
Since his defeat in the 2020 presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden, Trump has repeatedly alleged voter fraud, particularly focusing on mail-in ballots, although these claims have been consistently debunked. U.S. courts and even Trump’s own attorney general have found no substantial evidence to support these allegations, despite the increased reliance on mail voting during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a recent meeting at the White House with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, Trump expressed his dissatisfaction with the mail-in voting system, claiming, “We’re the only country in the world that does it that way. Corrupt as hell.”
Dozens of countries, including European democracies that are traditional U.S. allies, use some form of mail-in voting.
Trump said last week that the SAVE Act was the “biggest thing” pending in Washington, even as Congress and administration grapple with the Iran war and a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
Last August, Trump used a White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to blast mail voting.
“We’re going to start with an executive order that’s being written right now by the best lawyers in the country to end mail-in ballots because they’re corrupt,” Trump said. “And it’s time that the Republicans get tough and stop it because the Democrats want it. It’s the only way they can get elected.”
The president, who changed his official personal residence and voter registration from New York to Florida during his first term, does not have a standing vote-by-mail request for all elections, according to the county records. That means he has to request a mail ballot for any individual election.
The ballot today includes Florida state House District 87 and Senate District 14.
Trump offered an endorsement late Monday in the House contest via his Truth Social platform.
“There is a very important Special Election tomorrow, Tuesday, March 24th, for Florida State House District 87 in beautiful Palm Beach County. … TO ALL GREAT PATRIOTS IN FLORIDA STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 87: GET OUT AND VOTE FOR JON MAPLES! Polls are open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.” Trump wrote, without mentioning that he had voted by mail or at all.
The Florida election comes one day after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a Mississippi case questioning whether states can count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but not received until later. Trump has criticized those allowances in 14 states and the District of Columbia.