Fun fact: the Constitution gives the states and Congress control over elections. That has not deterred President Donald Trump from trying to federalize elections ahead of the midterms. Despite a federal judge blocking a rule from the United States Postal Service (USPS) that significantly restricts mail-in voting, a whistleblower has revealed that the USPS is still moving forward with implementing the rule.
The New York Times reports that Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) published a report on Tuesday morning detailing how the “risky and haphazard” implementation of Trump’s executive order could lead to a “catastrophic failure” in the mail ballot system ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
“Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,” the official said in the report, which was prepared with the assistance of the nonprofit Whistleblower Aid, which represents people seeking to expose potential lawbreaking.
The rule implemented by the USPS orders postal workers not to deliver mail-in ballots in states that haven’t submitted their voter rolls to an online portal. According to AP, the whistleblower’s primary concern is that the online portal is error-prone and being rushed out without any proper testing.
From AP:
The disclosure from the unidentified whistleblower contends that the Postal Service has been scrambling to try to build a complex system that would normally take a year or more in...
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