In case you missed it, Donald Trump has some more explaining to do. Not only does he have a spotty voting record, he lied about it. Election records also indicate that he has switched his New York party registration three times in 20 years.
Here’s how the fact-check team at CNN summarized the situation:
“Donald Trump’s affirmation that he’s voted in every general election disagrees with actual voting records, according to a spokeswoman with the New York City Board of Elections.
“’I voted in every general election,’” Trump told CNN affiliate NY1 by phone Friday. “’I have records that I voted and so does the Board of Elections. … I signed in at every election.’”
“However, voting records obtained by the board of elections show that Trump did not vote in the 2002 general election, according to Valerie L. Vazquez, director of communications at the board.
“The records also show that Trump skipped at least three presidential primaries and two mayoral primaries over the past 25 years, Vazquez said Friday.
“Vazquez has found voting records by Trump for only two party primaries – the 1989 GOP mayoral primary and last year’s GOP primary for several statewide races, including governor and U.S. Senate.
“Vazquez said she was able to obtain the voting records using both Trump’s voting ‘bus’ cards, used prior to 1992 to document a voter’s activity, as well as through the BOE’s electronic records database, used from 1992 to the present. Both the bus cards and electronic records provide the ballot time and whether it was cast on site or by absentee vote.
“Records also showed Trump has changed his party registration three times over the past 20 years.
“Vazquez was confident that her records are complete, saying there is not a loophole that would hide a possible vote.
“But when asked by NY1 Friday about the discrepancy presented by information from the election board and his claim, Trump said (the reporter), ‘You’re going to pay a big price because you’re wrong.'”
