(WASHINGTON) — An anonymous government employee whistleblower has come forward to Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, warning that a “rushed, chaotic and fundamentally flawed” effort by the U.S. Postal Service to implement President Donald Trump’s mail-in ballot executive order risks a “catastrophic failure” of the election system that could “derail the midterm elections.”
The whistleblower’s concerns were made public in a report released by Blumenthal, who said in a release Tuesday morning that the allegations show that the system USPS is creating to track mail-in balloting is “set up to fail — and risk the right to vote for millions of Americans who cast their ballots by mail.”
The whistleblower is described in the report as someone with direct knowledge of potentially “catastrophic problems” in the development of the USPS’ new electronic federal mail ballot portal.
Under the new proposed system, states would be required to report basic voter information, such as a voter’s name and home address, attached to a unique barcode on every mail-in ballot distributed. Postal workers would then only deliver ballots addressed to voters who appear on the state-provided list.
The new USPS system, published formally last week, was temporarily put on hold by a federal judge as she considers whether it is likely unlawful and should be blocked during an ongoing legal battle. It’s unclear what parts, if any, will be allowed to take effect in time for the November election.
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