Whistleblower warns Postal Service's new mail ballot system has "potentially catastrophic problems"
The anonymous official said the untested portal could reject batches of ballots if one barcode fails to scan, raising the risk of widespread disenfranchisement.
- On Tuesday, an anonymous whistleblower warned that the U.S. Postal Service is launching an untested online portal for mail-in ballots, risking "potentially catastrophic problems" for the midterm elections.
- President Donald Trump ordered the agency to implement the verification system via executive order, prompting Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal to release the whistleblower's disclosure on Monday.
- A "zero-percent failure policy" requires perfect barcode scans; a single error could cause USPS to reject tens of thousands of legitimate ballots, the whistleblower alleged.
- While U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani previously issued a restraining order, the Supreme Court overruled her block last week, leaving implementation status uncertain for the midterms.
- Blumenthal urged Postmaster General David Steiner to "abandon this ill-conceived, unconscionable plan," warning that rushed development could disenfranchise millions of Americans relying on mail-in voting.
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USPS whistleblower predicts ‘catastrophic’ harm to elections under Trump vote-by-mail order
The U.S. Postal Service rushed the development of electronic tools to comply with a Trump administration policy placing new restrictions on mail-in voting, and defied a court order to stop work on the system, according to an explosive whistleblower complaint published Tuesday by Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal. The unnamed whistleblower predicted the result could […]
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