Whistleblower warns Postal Service's new mail ballot system has "potentially catastrophic problems"
- 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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Whistleblower warns of potential USPS system failure for midterms
A whistleblower on Monday warned that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) computer system is riddled with errors and could jeopardize mail-in voting in the November midterm elections, according to a statement from Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). The individual said the USPS has attempted to build a complex system over a three-month timeframe, beginning on or…
One complaint points out that the new portal was developed in months and could return thousands of ballots for a single mistake.
The unidentified complainant claims that, due to the new procedures, a single scanning error in a batch of tens of thousands of ballot envelopes could prevent any of them from reaching voters.
Postal Service work to comply with Trump’s executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends - Regional Media News
The U.S. Postal Service is poised to launch a hastily built, error-riddled computer system that could jeopardize the process of mail voting relied upon by one-third of all voters, according to a whistleblower statement released Tuesday by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal. The effort is part [...]
A whistleblower alert about the risk of malfunctioning the US postal system, which could deprive millions of voters of their ballot for mid-term elections A new system
Whistleblower Warns Trump-Ordered Mail Ballot System Risks Mass Disenfranchisement
Washington, D.C. — A U.S. Postal Service whistleblower is warning that a new system for verifying mail ballots could mistakenly reject large batches of legitimate votes during the November midterms. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., released the anonymous disclosure Monday, saying the Postal Service developed its new online ballot portal in less than three months to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order tightening mail-voting proc…
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