Trump’s name not left off ballot, Florida officials confirm

JUPITER, Fla. – Florida election officials said Tuesday that Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s name was not left off ballots in a town in south Florida, despite a small number of voter complaints.

Florida is a closed-primary state, which means only registered Republicans would get a ballot listing Trump and the other GOP candidates.

Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher said that independent voters can’t vote in the primary. Bucher said Tuesday that some residents in Jupiter, Florida who were voting in municipal elections complained when they didn’t see Trump’s name on the ballot. Bucher said none of the other presidential candidates were listed on those ballots either.

“A lot of complaints from people saying my name is not on the ballot in various places in Florida,” Trump wrote on Twitter Tuesday. “Hope this is false.”

Florida’s Secretary of State Ken Detzner sent out a statement reassuring voters that Trump had not been left off any presidential ballots.

Florida – ridiculed worldwide after election problems during the 2000 presidential recount – will award 99 winner-take-all Republican delegates and 214 Democratic delegates distributed proportionally.