Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms
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A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
Listen · 4:07 min Share full article 1.3k The office of Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, published the whistle-blower report on voting by mail. Credit... Kenny Holston/The New York Times By Chris Cameron
The official filed a whistle-blower report , published on Tuesday morning by the office of Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, asserting that the “risky and haphazard” implementation of Mr. Trump’s order could lead to a “catastrophic failure” in the mail ballot system ahead of this year’s midterm elections. The report said that the agency had planned to complete the new digital system overseeing mail ballots by Sept. 1.
“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 Whistleblower Aid, a nonprofit group that represents people seeking to expose potential lawbreaking.
Speaking to reporters by phone on Monday, Mr. Blumenthal said of the report that “the main takeaway for me is that the Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans. One-third of all Americans cast their ballots by mail, and the U.S.P.S. puts all of their votes at risk.” A Postal Service official declined to comment on the record.
Voting by mail will become much more difficult, if not impossible, for tens of millions of Americans if the Postal Service is allowed to put into place the restrictive rules governing mail voting that Mr. Trump has demanded.
Mr. Trump has repeatedly promoted false claims of widespread fraud through mail-in voting, which he has described as “cheating,” “corrupt” and “horrible,” even though he voted by mail in two elections this year . He has moved to restrict mail-in voting using a variety of procedural and legislative levers.
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