Trump reportedly cast a mail ballot in Florida as he publicly condemns legitimate voting method as fraudulent

President Trump and his allies are pushing to restrict the practice, following years of election conspiracy theories
President Donald Trump reportedly voted by mail in an upcoming local special election in Florida, despite the Republican’s frequent and false claims that mail-in voting is plagued with fraud.

The Trump administration dismissed the Post ’s reporting, calling it a “non-story” because it’s well known that the president uses mail-in voting, given that his main residence most of the time is the White House.

The president has voted multiple times by mail in the past , including in the 2020 presidential primary and a 2021 Florida election .

Still, the mail-in ballot was something of an irony, given the president’s long-running attacks on the practice, which continued on Monday.

"Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating,” he said while speaking with law enforcement members during a visit to Memphis.

“I call it mail-in cheating, and we [have] got to do something about it all.”
The bill seeks to impose new ID requirements for federal elections, including when voting by mail.

The Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in a case over whether states can keep counting mail-in ballots that arrive late.

All 50 states require ballots be cast or postmarked on or before Election Day, but 14 states have grace periods allowing for delayed counting that can last weeks.

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