The Trump administration has repeatedly gone to court this week seeking to revive its sweeping mail ballot restrictions before the midterms. But it still has not directly denied some of the most alarming allegations about how the U.S. Postal Service plans to enforce them.
A whistleblower familiar with USPS’s development of its new mail ballot system alleged Monday that the agency rushed the project, failed to adequately test it and designed a verification process under which a single barcode error could result in thousands of ballots being rejected before they are ever mailed to voters.
Days later, after multiple court filings defending the rule — including a declaration submitted specifically after a federal judge demanded more information about when the system would launch and how it would work — the administration has not rebutted those allegations.
That silence has become increasingly palpable as the legal fight reaches the Supreme Court.
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