Donald Trump has requested a ballot by mail for the third time, after saying it leads to voter fraud

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After spreading disinformation about voting by mail, Trump requests mail-in ballot to vote in Palm Beach

By Azmi Haroun



Former president and Palm Beach resident Donald Trump is set to vote in local elections by mail after months of falsely claiming the civic process lead to mass voter fraud in the 2020 election.

And according to the Palm Beach Post, it's his third time requesting a mail-in ballot as a Palm Beach County voter.

Trump requested a mail-in ballot a week after the deadline in Palm Beach County, according to the report, meaning that he will have until 7 p.m. local time on Tuesday to turn in his ballot and cast his vote in the Palm Beach municipal elections.

The Post added that in the presidential primary in March 2020 as well as in the August primary, Trump voted by mail.

Palm Beach County elections chief Wendy Sartory Link said last week that her office had produced 126,136 mail ballots in the county, which covers more than a third of eligible voters in the area.

In Florida, requesting a mail-in ballot covers all elections through the calendar year, according to the Post. The report added that Trump has only cast his vote in person once in Palm Beach.

Trump spread relentless conspiracy theories about mail-in voting during the run-up to and after the 2020 election, falsely claiming that they could be manipulated.

The lies about mail-in voting eventually led to an avalanche of twitter sanctions on the former president's former tweets, before he was fully de-platformed in the wake of his encouragement of violence during January 6 insurrection.

Trump and Republican allies also filed, and lost, dozens of lawsuits challenging election results in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and elsewhere based on unproven claims about mass voter fraud.

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