Overview
- Palm Beach County records show Trump requested a ballot on March 14, it was received March 15, and his vote was counted in Tuesday’s state House District 87 special election.
- The White House called it a non-story, citing SAVE Act exceptions for illness, disability, military or travel, even though early in-person voting in Palm Beach ran through Sunday while Trump was there.
- The development followed his Monday claim that “mail-in voting means mail-in cheating,” as he pushes the SAVE America Act to add photo ID steps and scale back no‑excuse mail voting.
- The Supreme Court heard a Mississippi case Monday on counting ballots that arrive after Election Day, a decision that could shorten grace periods for on‑time, postmarked mail ballots in multiple states.
- Courts and election officials, including former Attorney General William Barr, have found no evidence of widespread mail‑ballot fraud, and Florida permits any voter to cast a ballot by mail with many countries using similar systems.