Whistleblower warns Postal Service's new mail ballot system has "potentially catastrophic problems"
The whistleblower says USPS built the portal in about 3 months and that a single scanning error could reject batches of 10,000 ballots.
- 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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Two months before the US midterm elections, a whistleblower claimed on Tuesday that the US Postal Service had "secretly" developed computer systems in a "sloppy and rushed" manner to comply with an executive order from Donald Trump aimed at more strictly regulating mail-in voting. Millions of Americans could thus be deprived of the ability to vote remotely.
Postal Service procedures to comply with Trump order could jeopardize mail voting for many, whistleblower contends
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.
USPS mailbox rejects mail-in ballot
USPS mailbox rejects mail-in ballot
A whistleblower warns of the risks posed by a new system that the Trump administration wants to implement, about two months from the mid-term elections.
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