With just days until the first ballots are set to be mailed to voters, a whistleblower inside the U.S. Postal Service is warning that a new delivery system could disrupt the handling of election mail and potentially put the midterm elections at risk. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Jacob Bogage of Reuters.
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Amna Nawaz:
That system is designed to comply with President Trump's executive order to exert more federal control over mail-in voting.
And a report published today by the office of Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal cites an anonymous official from the Postal Service who warns the -- quote -- "risky and haphazard implementation" of the president's order could lead to -- quote -- "catastrophic failure" in the mail ballot system and that -- quote -- "potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner or at all."
To discuss, I'm joined now by Jacob Bogage. He is White House correspondent for Reuters, and he's been covering the story.
Welcome. Thanks for being here.
Jacob Bogage, White House Correspondent, Reuters:
Thanks for having me.
Amna Nawaz:
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