Whistleblower warns Postal Service's new mail ballot system has "potentially catastrophic problems"
Whistleblower Aid says the portal was built in three months with less than a week of testing, putting millions of mail ballots at risk.
- 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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Independent EspañolA U.S. Postal Service computer system, developed hastily, could put the mail vote at risk.The March executive order limits this method and faces legal challenges.A judge's ruling temporarily stopped the implementation of the system, but the Supreme Court overturned the decision, allowing it to advance. Critics warn of possible errors that would affect the delivery of ballots.
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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 [...]
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