Postal Service work to comply with Trump’s executive order is rushed and sloppy, a whistleblower contends

Notably, the U.S. Postal Service is poised to launch a hastily built, error-riddled computer system that could jeopardize the process of mail voting relied upon by one-third of all voters, according to a whistleblower statement published Tuesday by Democratic Sen.

Key points

• "The Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans, " Blumenthal remarked to journalists in advance of releasing the whistleblower information.
• The effort is part of the implementation of President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail voting and has been temporarily halted by a federal judge.
• It details a system that election authorities have already cautioned could not be implemented before the first mail ballots commence going out Friday in North Carolina.
• The goal is to have it ready for employ in the midterm elections.

In practice, the effort is part of the implementation of President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail voting and has been temporarily halted by a federal judge. The ruling is being appealed by the administration and the directive may ultimately end up back before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Notably, the disclosure from the unidentified whistleblower contends that the Postal Service has been scrambling to try to build a complex system that would normally take a year or more in only three months, sometimes in defiance of the judge's orders halting work. The goal is to have it ready for employ in the midterm elections.

Notably, the disclosure contends that, due to the new procedures, a single scanning error in a batch of tens of thousands of ballot envelopes could prevent any from reaching voters. It details a system that election authorities have already cautioned could not be implemented before the first mail ballots commence going out Friday in North Carolina.

"The Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans, " Blumenthal remarked to journalists in advance of releasing the whistleblower information. "This administration seems hell-bent on changing the framework on casting ballots in this country clearly for political reasons."

In short, postal Service work to comply with Trumps executive order is rushed and is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.