Trump to cast midterm election ballot in Florida on Saturday

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President Donald Trump will vote early in Florida on Saturday morning, a White House official told the Washington Examiner.

Trump is in the middle of a final campaign push ahead of the midterm elections, blitzing across red states in hopes of boosting Republican turnout on Election Day.

Across his two terms, the president has consistently sought to limit voting by mail for everyday citizens but has been criticized himself for casting absentee ballots in recent elections.

Trump voted by mail in Florida’s Republican primaries and a Palm Beach special election this year.

“As President Trump has said, the SAVE America Act has commonsense exceptions for Americans to use mail-in ballots for illness, disability, military, or travel — but universal mail-in voting should not be allowed because it’s highly susceptible to fraud,” White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said this year about the president’s votes by mail.

“As everyone knows, the President is a resident of Palm Beach and participates in Florida elections, but he obviously primarily lives at the White House in Washington, D.C. This is a non-story.”

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Trump will travel to Fort Myers, Florida, on Friday morning to rally for the state’s GOP gubernatorial nominee, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), before spending the night at Mar-a-Lago and voting in person Saturday morning. He will then rally in Georgia on Saturday and in Michigan on Sunday.

Vice President JD Vance, who has also crisscrossed the country backing downballot Republicans ahead of the midterm elections, cast his own early ballot this week while campaigning in Ohio.

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[ H/T Washington Examiner ]

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