A whistleblower complaint alleges the U.S. Postal Service is rushing to deploy untested IT systems that could block thousands of mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The disclosure says the new Federal Ballot Mail Portal and related verification tools are being built in a secretive, flawed process that may reject entire ballot batches over single errors. #USPS #FederalBallotMailPortal #RichardBlumenthal #DavidSteiner #RobertGarcia
Keypoints
- USPS is accused of rushing untested voting-related IT systems.
- The Federal Ballot Mail Portal could control delivery of federal mail ballots.
- One scan or barcode error could cause an entire ballot batch to be rejected.
- The whistleblower says testing was limited and development was chaotic.
- House Democrats are demanding USPS stop implementation immediately.
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