Trump initially tried to register to vote in Florida with Washington, DC, address: report

Florida elections records show President Trump first tried to register to vote in Florida while claiming Washington, D.C., as his legal residence, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

The first application, submitted in September, listed the White House as his legal residence despite a Florida law requiring voters to legally reside in the state, the Post reported. The president resubmitted his application with a Florida address the next month and voted by mail in the Sunshine State’s Republican primary in March.

The original application listing the Washington address is dated Sept. 27, the same day the president publicly announced he would change his legal residence from Manhattan to his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump, on two separate forms, listed both the White House as his legal residence and said that he was a “bona fide resident” of Palm Beach.

As recently as 2019, the city manager of Deltona, Fla., agreed to pay more than $5,000 to avoid facing criminal charges after records showed she registered to vote using the address of the Deltona City Hall, according to the Post.

Article URL: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/500944-trump-initially-tried-to-register-to-vote-in-florida-with-washington