Whistleblower warns Postal Service's new mail ballot system has "potentially catastrophic problems"
The whistleblower says a single barcode error could reject batches of 10,000 ballots and leave millions of voters without mail ballots.
- A federal whistleblower warned that the U.S. Postal Service's new mail ballot system might cause serious issues before the November midterm elections due to being untested and rushed.
- The USPS is developing an online portal to track voters, addresses, and ballot barcodes, but the verification process may delay or reject many ballots if barcodes fail.
- Senator Richard Blumenthal has criticized the USPS's rushed system rollout and called it potentially unlawful.
- A federal judge blocked enforcement of the USPS rule recently, with the Justice Department appealing, and the Supreme Court has also reviewed related litigation.
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