The U.S. Postal Service is facing new scrutiny over a system it’s developing to process mail-in ballots after an anonymous whistleblower warned that the technology could disrupt voting in November.
The whistleblower, whose allegations were released Tuesday by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, says the Postal Service rushed development of the Federal Ballot Mail Portal and related technology and hasn’t adequately tested the system. The complaint describes the process as “secretive, rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed.”
The system is intended to help the Postal Service enforce new requirements stemming from President Donald Trump’s March executive order that restricts how mail-in ballots are distributed. Under the plan, states would provide information about voters requesting mail ballots, while ballot envelopes would be subject to new identification and barcode requirements.
The whistleblower says the Postal Service began developing the system in June and attempted to build it in roughly three months, a...
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