A whistleblower has raised concerns that the new rules developed by the U.S. Postal Service on mail-in voting are problematic, saying the process to come up with them was, quote, “secretive, rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed.”
At the same time, someone familiar with the process says USPS officials have acknowledged the rules could stop ballots from getting to many eligible voters — but moved those rules forward anyway.
Jen Fifield of Propublica has written about this and joined The Show to talk more about it.
Full conversation
MARK BRODIE: Jen, good morning.
JEN FIFIELD: Thanks for having me on.
MARK BRODIE: Thanks for being here. So, let’s start with the whistleblower complaint. The complaint was made to a U.S. senator from Connecticut. What is that whistleblower alleging here?
JEN FIFIELD: So, President Donald Trump directed the Postal Service to create new rules around mail voting. They had to have states give them lists of all eligible voters, voters that could receive ballots in the mail, and then they required USPS to use those lists to determine who gets ballots in the mail. They were tasked with creating new rules around this and new details for how the actual technology would work around it.
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