Trump’s False Tweet About Michigan Absentee Ballot Applications

President Donald Trump erroneously tweeted that Michigan’s Democratic secretary of state was “illegally” sending “absentee ballots to 7.7 million people” for this year’s primary and general elections.

The state said it will send absentee ballot applications — not actual ballots — to all registered voters, who may want to vote by mail.

Trump, who has been critical of mail-in voting, made the false claim May 20, in a since-deleted tweet.

“Breaking: Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7. “This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path.”