It raises questions about 'whether catastrophic failure would be a feature rather than a bug,' the whistleblower's representatives write.
A whistleblower complaint released this morning by the office of Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D) offers a detailed and alarming portrait of the implementation of a new Postal Service rule as the agency scrambles to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting ahead of the midterms.
The rule, the whistleblower complaint says, creates multiple layers of verification that each individual ballot must go through before it is delivered to a potential voter. The entire system was produced rapidly, in a “slapdash” manner, and, at times, the whistleblower alleges, in violation of court orders. It has barely been tested, the person alleges.
The complaint details the experience of a person it describes as having “direct knowledge of potentially catastrophic problems” with the Postal Service’s new system for mail-in ballots.
“USPS leadership, it appears, has discarded all best practices as they speed the project to be ready for a September 1 implementation — raising questions about whether catastrophic failure would be a feature rather than a bug,” reads the complaint, composed on the whistleblower’s behalf by Whistleblower Aid, a non-profit legal organization.
“In the final days before the planned September 1 launch date, the Whistleblower is
aware of multiple USPS officials describing the election ballot mail IT system
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