Overview
- Palm Beach County records show the president voted by mail in Tuesday's special election that covers his Mar-a-Lago residence, and the file lists his ballot as received on March 15.
- He had denounced the method as “mail-in cheating” during a Monday event in Memphis, even though Florida lets any voter use a mail ballot and offered early in-person voting through Sunday while he was in Palm Beach.
- The White House called the coverage a “non-story” and said his vote aligns with the SAVE America Act’s stated exceptions for voters who are sick, disabled, serving in the military or traveling.
- The SAVE America Act, which is stalled in the Senate, would add ID and paperwork requirements for mailed ballots, and the Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day if postmarked on time.
- Courts and former Attorney General William Barr have found no evidence of widespread fraud tied to mail ballots, and many states verify these votes by matching a voter’s signature to the one on file.