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US President Donald Trump took the opportunity Saturday to cast his vote at the start of the presidential election. Trump went to a polling station at a library in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday morning (local time).
“I voted for a guy named Trump,” he later said on television cameras. He then reiterated that voting in person is safer than voting by mail.
Florida, where Trump has officially resided for more than a year, is one of the states in which its residents vote before the official election date of November 3.
Cordoned off road in front of the voting station
So far, more than 50 million people have cast their vote at polling stations or by letter. A total of nearly 139 million Americans participated in the 2016 presidential election. In the face of the crown crisis, more people than usual are taking the opportunity to vote early.
After there were concerns over the past few months that mailed ballots would not arrive on time, many people are willing to wait hours to vote in person.
Trump had joked during a campaign appearance in Florida the day before that he would also be in line for two hours. In fact, the Secret Service had secured the electoral college hours before the president’s arrival, CNN reported. Television images showed that the street in front was completely cordoned off.
