Whistle-Blower Alleges USPS Defies Court Order on Mail Voting, Risking Millions of Ballots
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 1
Whistle-Blower Alleges USPS Defies Court Order on Mail Voting, Risking Millions of Ballots
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 1
Summary
A whistle-blower report published Tuesday alleges the U.S. Postal Service is pressing ahead with President Trump's mail-voting overhaul despite a court order blocking the plan.
The complaint says USPS aimed to finish a new digital system for overseeing mail ballots by Sept. 1, calling the rollout secretive, rushed and insufficiently tested.
The official warned potentially millions of voters could receive mail ballots late or not at all in this year's midterm elections, raising the risk of broad disenfranchisement.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, whose office released the report, said one-third of Americans vote by mail and accused USPS of putting those ballots at risk; the agency declined on-record comment.
The allegation lands amid Trump's broader push to tighten mail voting after repeatedly making false fraud claims, even though he voted by mail twice this year.