Donald Trump cast his mail-in ballot in Florida's Republican primary, according to Politico and confirmed by the White House. This marks at least the third time Trump has voted by mail. The president has previously criticized mail-in voting and falsely claimed that widespread voter fraud cost him the 2020 election. Trump first registered to vote in Palm Beach county in 2019 and has since voted by mail several times, including in the 2020 election and a special election earlier this year.
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Donald Trump, the President of the United States, voted by mail in Florida's Republican primary, according to voting records from Palm Beach county and confirmed by the White House. This marks at least the third time that Trump has used a mail-in ballot. March saw Trump sign an executive order restricting mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections, which will decide control of US Congress. Despite this restriction, Trump voted by mail in Florida's primary, contradicting his previous criticism of the practice. Trump has repeatedly claimed that mail-in voting is insecure and has falsely blamed it for his 2020 election defeat. The discrepancy between his actions and words has raised questions about his commitment to reducing mail-in voting.
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Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida’s Republican primary, Politico reports, citing Palm Beach county voting records.
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Politico → vote → records
The White House has confirmed the president’s mail-in vote, according to the New York Times, which added that this is at least the third time the president has mailed his ballot.
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president → confirm → ballot
In March, the president signed an executive order restricting the use of mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections that will decide control of US Congress.
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that → sign → Congress
Trump has repeatedly criticized mail-in voting, calling for restrictions on the policy for years and falsely claiming that his 2020 election defeat was the result of widespread voter fraud.
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defeat → criticize → fraud
In a post on Truth Social on Monday, Trump continued his years-long false claims of election fraud in the United States – including by implying that mail-in voting is insecure.
“Earlier this month, India’s Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, asked our Administration – How can you have Elections in the U.S. without a valid Photo ID?
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you → continue → ID
India’s last Election had 646,000,000 Voters!
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Election → have → Voters
Less than 1% voted by mail, and every single Voter had to have a VALID Photo Identity Document.
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Voter → vote → Document
We need to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, now!” Trump wrote.
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Trump → need → ACT
A federal judge has blocked the US Postal Service from implementing part of the executive order, although Trump’s administration has asked the supreme court to intervene.
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administration → block → court
After Politico reported on the president’s ballot Monday afternoon, citing local voting records, the New York Times reported that it “could not access these records through the Palm Beach county supervisor of elections website, which said that Mr Trump’s voting record was ‘protected from public disclosure’”.
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record → report → disclosure
However, a White House spokeswoman later confirmed to the newspaper that Trump voted by mail, saying: “As everyone knows, the president is a resident of Palm Beach and participates in Florida elections, but he obviously primarily lives at the White House in Washington DC.”
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he → confirm → DC
Trump first registered to vote in Palm Beach county in 2019.
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Trump → register → 2019
Since then, he has voted by mail in 2020, during a special election for statehouse earlier this year and last week, when he mailed his ballot on 13 August.
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he → vote → August
