Trump voted by mail in Florida primary election: Report
Palm Beach County records show Trump requested and returned a mail ballot as he pushes legislation to tighten voting rules nationwide.
- President Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida's Republican primary on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, with Palm Beach County records showing he requested the ballot in late July and returned it on August 13.
- Trump has repeatedly attacked mail-in voting as "inherently corrupt" and a "scam," demanding "no more crooked mail-in ballots" in his February State of the Union address while his administration spent months restricting the practice.
- White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales defended the decision, citing exceptions for travel in Trump's proposed restrictions. Trump previously voted by mail in a Florida special election in March while publicly calling the process "cheating" at a Tennessee event.
- Santiago Mayer, executive director of Voters of Tomorrow, told Newsweek on Monday that Trump is a "hypocrite at the highest level," stating the President "whines about mail-in voting day after day, only to turn around and vote by mail himself."
- Trump is currently pressing the Supreme Court for emergency permission to implement sweeping mail-in ballot restrictions before November midterms. More than 50 former judges and election officials warned these efforts, including the proposed SAVE America Act, could create "chaos.
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Trump calls mail votes 'cheating' — as he quietly mails in his own ballot again
President Trump voted by mail in Florida's primary elections this week, just weeks after branding the very same practice "cheating" and while his administration fights in the Supreme Court to gut mail-in voting access nationwide.Palm Beach County records show Trump requested an absentee ballot for Florida's Republican primary, with his completed ballot received August 14, The Independent reported. Trump hasn't set foot in Florida since May and p…
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