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Do Mail-In Ballots Require Extra Postage?
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked the legitimacy of mail-in ballots via false and misleading claims.
by Rae Deng , Oct. 21, 2016
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U.S. President Donald Trump has railed against mail-in ballots since he began falsely claiming he lost the 2020 election to former President Joe Biden due to fraud.
Snopes has fact-checked numerous claims made by the president and his supporters about the security of mail-in ballots, such as whether mail-in ballots "substantially increase" chances of voter fraud and whether California "lost" 10 million mail-in ballots in 2022.
In March 2026, Trump's decision to vote by mail in a Florida election made headlines amid his push to get Congress to heavily restrict mail-in ballots. Snopes previously confirmed that Trump has a history of voting by mail.
We have also looked into claims about how to vote by mail and various instances of supposed vote-by-mail fraud. Here are 16 rumors we've looked into about mail-in ballots:
By Rae Deng
Rae Deng specializes in government/politics and is based in Tacoma, Wash.
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Do Mail-In Ballots Require Extra Postage?
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