‘Rushed, risky and haphazard’: Whistleblower account of USPS mail ballot process alarms Democratic lawmaker
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An anonymous federal official says the internal process to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order is untested and could “derail” the midterm elections.
A whistleblower is claiming that the US Postal Service’s process to implement the Trump administration’s mail-in ballot restrictions is technically fraught, citing a rushed timeline and lack of testing on the system to get it done, according to a letter sent to the postmaster general from Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
The whistleblower is described in an attachment to Blumenthal’s letter as an anonymous federal official with direct knowledge of USPS’ new system for handling federal election mail ballots. They allege that the process the Postal Service is implementing to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order is “rushed” and “risky and haphazard,” according to the letter , which has also been sent to the Postal Service’s inspector general.
Trump’s executive order directing the government agency to deliver mail-in ballots only to eligible voters on federal citizenship lists is being fiercely fought in multiple courts. Most recently, a federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily paused the implementation of the USPS provision in Trump’s executive order. On Monday, the judge clarified that USPS was allowed to continue developing the system while the implementation of it remains paused.
Blumenthal details allegations that the USPS Federal Ballot Mail Portal — designed to screen ballots submitted by state election officials before being sent to voters — is technically flawed and has been put on an “impossible” timeline to finish before the midterm elections.
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