Trump Casts Florida Mail Ballot While Pushing SAVE America Act to Severely Limit Mail‑In Voting
President Trump cast and returned a mail ballot in a Palm Beach County special election that was counted, even as he publicly denounces mail-in voting as "cheating" and "corrupt" and pushes the SAVE America Act to severely limit mail ballots. The White House, via spokeswoman Olivia Wales, defended his absentee status as consistent with the bill — which would allow mail voting only for illness, disability, military service or travel — while a Brookings estimate cited by PBS finds mail-voting fraud to be vanishingly rare (about 0.000043% of mail ballots), undermining broad claims of widespread fraud.
📌 Key Facts
- Palm Beach County records confirm Trump cast, returned and had counted a mail ballot in a Tuesday special election for Florida state legislative seats.
- The White House, via spokeswoman Olivia Wales, defended Trump’s mail voting as consistent with the SAVE America Act, saying the bill would allow mail ballots only for illness, disability, military service or travel and would not permit universal mail‑in voting.
- Wales argued Trump “primarily lives at the White House” to justify his absentee status and called media coverage of his mail ballot a “non‑story.”
- Trump has publicly denounced mail‑in voting as “cheating” and “corrupt as hell,” and continues to tie the SAVE America Act to banning universal mail ballots despite no evidence that alleged mail‑ballot fraud affected the 2020 election outcome.
- The reporting cites a 2025 Brookings Institution estimate that mail‑voting fraud occurs at roughly 0.000043% of mail ballots (about four cases per 10 million votes), undercutting claims that mail balloting is broadly corrupt.
- PBS reiterated that Trump cast a Florida mail ballot while publicly calling the method “mail‑in cheating,” and noted no additional legal or logistical details were provided beyond the initial report.
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March 24, 2026
10:45 PM
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New information:
- PBS reiterates that President Trump cast a mail-in ballot in Florida while publicly calling the method 'mail-in cheating'.
- No additional legal or logistical details are added beyond the existing report on his use of a Florida mail ballot and push for the SAVE America Act.
4:43 PM
Trump casts Florida ballot by mail as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option
New information:
- Palm Beach County records confirm Trump cast and returned a mail ballot in a Tuesday special election for state legislative seats, and that it was counted.
- The White House, via spokeswoman Olivia Wales, explicitly defends Trump’s mail voting as consistent with the SAVE America Act, stressing it allows mail ballots only for illness, disability, military service or travel and does not permit 'universal mail-in voting.'
- Wales argues Trump 'primarily lives at the White House' to justify his absentee status and calls coverage of his mail voting a 'non-story.'
- The article cites a 2025 Brookings Institution report estimating mail-voting fraud at roughly 0.000043% of total mail ballots cast—about four cases per 10 million votes—directly undercutting claims that mail balloting is broadly 'corrupt.'
- Trump has recently called mail-in voting 'cheating' and 'corrupt as hell' and continues to tie the SAVE America Act to banning universal mail ballots despite a lack of evidence that fraud affected the 2020 outcome.