Popular vote loser Donald Trump sent those tweets out this morning, promising an investigation and crackdown on people who are registered to vote in more than one state. Perhaps Donald Trump should focus on cleaning up his own staff issues first. Steve Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist and senior counselor, is registered to vote in both Florida and New York. From the Herald-Tribune in Sarasota:
Anyway, this is where Bannon lives, or is supposed to live, still, according to the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections office. It's the address listed on his voter registration form, effective Aug. 25.
There is only problem: Bannon is also registered to vote in New York City, listing a home address on West 40th Street, and according to a spokesman for the New York State Board of Elections, he voted there in November by absentee ballot.
To be clear, he did not vote in both states, but he has a history of using questionable Florida addresses for voting registration purposes:
On Aug. 19, around the same time that the Guardian story was set to come out, Bannon sent a change of address by mail to Sarasota County, which took effect Aug. 25.
He listed the address of a $1.4 million home on Casey Key owned by Andrew Badolato and his ex-wife, Melissa. Andrew Badolato has written articles for Breitbart and worked with Bannon on films, and the two have been involved in business together in the past.
Why Bannon switched to the Casey Key address is unclear, especially considering he has never voted in any election using this address, according to the supervisor's office. Attempts to reach Bannon's spokesman were unsuccessful.
As Daily Kos’ David Waldman points out, since he has definitely resided in California and now D.C., California and D.C. voter rolls should be cross-checked for Bannon's registration as well.