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Whistleblower: USPS secretly rushing new requirements for mail-in voting

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02.09.2026

Whistleblower: USPS secretly rushing new requirements for mail-in voting  

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Whistleblower: USPS secretly rushing new requirements for mail-in voting -- Lindsey Granger | RISING

Whistleblower: USPS secretly rushing new requirements for mail-in voting -- Lindsey Granger | RISING

Millions of Americans could be at risk of not getting their mail-in ballots on time, or at all, if a new U.S. Postal Service system moves forward as planned.

A new report published in The New York Times from a USPS whistleblower says the agency has been rushing to implement a “secretive, rushed” new digital system tied to President Trump’s effort to impose new federal requirements on mail voting.  

All of this as mail-in voting for the midterms is beginning right now, and we’re just two months away from Election Day.  

The whistleblower alleges the system was being developed in a “risky and haphazard” way and warns of a potentially “catastrophic failure.” One particularly alarming concern: the system could reject tens of thousands of ballots in a bulk mailing if just one of the ballots in the bulk fails to scan properly.  

Here’s where this all gets really complicated: The Supreme Court recently allowed the Trump administration to move forward with its mail-voting plan, but not........

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