President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, Submitted their Vote-by-Mail Ballots, in Florida, ahead of the State's Scheduled Primaries on Tuesday August 18th.
The Palm Beach County Elections Office Received the Completed Ballots on Monday August 17th, a Spokesperson for the Office Confirmed. The President's and First Lady's Ballots were Dropped Off in Person instead of being Returned to the County by Mail, Elections Chief, Wendy Sartory Link said, and would be Counted on Tuesday.
The Trumps had Requested their Vote-by-Mail Ballots and Scheduled for them to be Picked Up last week, in Person, by a Designated Representative. The Completed Ballots were then Dropped Off ahead of the 7p.m. Tuesday Deadline for Vote-by-Mail Ballots.
The President did Not meet the Deadline to Request for a Ballot to be Mailed to him before the Election, Ballots Must be Requested 10 days before an Election, and instead opted for a Representative to Pick Up the Ballots.
The Trumps similarly Submitted Vote-by-Mail Ballots in Florida’s Presidential Primary, in March, after Switching their Permanent Home Address to Palm Beach County, Home to the President's Private Mar-a-Lago Resort. But when Trump Converted Mar-a-Lago into a Private Club, he Signed an Agreement that it would Not be his Residence. So under Florida Law, that should be a $5,000 Fine for each of them.
The President has Distinguished between Absentee Voting and Universal Mail-In Voting, slamming the latter as Opening up Elections to widespread Fraud, despite a Lack of Evidence. He emphasized that Narrative in a Video, posted to Facebook, in which he Signed the Vote-by-Mail Ballot.
“So absentee ballots are good. Universal mail-ins when you get inundated with these things are bad and will lead to terrible things, including voter fraud, etc.,” he Asserted in the Clip.
Only Nine States are offering Universal Vote-by-Mail Ballots that are Mailed Automatically to Registered Voters, including Five States that had Offered them before the Coronavirus Pandemic. Florida is Not one of these States. Until 2002, Florida had Required Voters to Provide an Excuse to Receive an Application for a Vote-by-Mail Ballot. Now, an Excuse is Not Needed, but Voters still need to Procure their Applications Themselves, as they are Not Mailed Automatically.
The Florida Legislature Officially Changed the Ballot Name from "Absentee" to “Vote-by-Mail” in 2016, to avoid Confusion.
Trump has Complained Fraud happens when Ballots are Picked-Up and Hand-Delivered, called Ballot Harvesting, or the Practice of allowing Others to Collect Voters’ Ballots and turn them in to Polling Stations.
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