Trump casts Florida mail ballot as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option

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https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-vote-by-mail-bd52fd205f4484237d5b77d2e7319350

Trump casts Florida mail ballot as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option
By BILL BARROW
Updated 7:12 AM CDT, March 24, 2026

President Donald Trump has cast another mail ballot in Florida as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the practice.

Palm Beach County voter records show the president voted by mail in a Tuesday special election for state legislative seats and that his ballot has been counted. Early in-person voting in the contest ran through Sunday, when Trump was still at his south Florida estate.

The White House did not immediately return an Associated Press request for comment. Aides have said Trump’s ire is directed at states using universal mail-in voting, not individual voters who may not be able to get to a polling place.

Nonetheless, Trump has in the last week called mail-in voting “cheating” and “corrupt as hell.” He is urging Congress to pass the SAVE Act, a sweeping bill that would bar universal mail ballots and limit the options to a select few voters — such as those with disabilities, military commitments or who are traveling on Election Day. The measure faces steep odds in the closely divided Senate even with the president’s pressure.

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[leftstreet]

1. So FL restored voting rights for felons?

Cool

[Rebl2]

2. Guess so

Well maybe for privileged felons only

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. MaddowBlog-After publicly condemning voting by mail as 'cheating,' Trump votes by mail

The more the president falsely claims that mail-in ballots are corrupt, the more relevant his habit of voting by mail becomes.

After publicly condemning voting by mail as ‘cheating,’ Trump votes by mail - MS NOW apple.news/A5-sP6gCvTAu...

— (@oc88.bsky.social) 2026-03-24T14:00:45.975Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/after-publicly-condemning-voting-by-mail-as-cheating-trump-votes-by-mail

“You know, it was brought to my attention today that we’re the only country that does mail-in voting,” the Republican claimed. “Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating. I call it mail-in cheating.”

As is too often the case, the president had no idea what he was talking about. For one thing, many countries in continents around the globe rely on postal balloting without incident. No matter how many times Trump says the U.S. is the only country that embraces such a system, reality keeps proving him wrong.,,,,

But there’s another element to this that’s just as notable: The president who wants to stop Americans from voting by mail also votes by mail. MS NOW reported that the website for the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections shows that Trump voted by mail in this week’s special election in Florida. The Washington Post similarly reported:

President Donald Trump, who is in the midst of pressuring senators to curb the use of mail-in voting, voted by mail ballot in Tuesday’s special election in Palm Beach County, Florida.

The Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections website indicates that Trump, who is registered to vote at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Palm Beach, ‘voted by Mail Ballot’ in a special election between Democrat Emily Gregory and Republican Jon Maples for a seat in the state legislature. A spokesperson for the office confirmed to The Washington Post that the ‘information [on the site] is accurate.’

If this sounds at all familiar, it’s not your imagination. In Trump’s first term, the president also condemned mail-in balloting as “horrible” and “corrupt,” even as he continued to vote by mail.

Pressed on the conflict between his position and his record, the Republican told reporters, “Sure, I can vote by mail — because I’m allowed to.”

Six years later, Trump is still condemning mail-in voting for baseless reasons, he’s still voting by mail himself, and he’s also demanding that congressional Republicans impose new election restrictions that would prevent millions of Americans from doing what he’s done on multiple occasions.

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4. Typical

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5. kick

[Solly Mack]

6. He's admitting to cheating then? Oh, sure - those "exceptions". But he flies to Florida all the damn time - he couldn't

make an effort to be there to vote?

Sure, he can.