One scanning error could block tens of thousands thousands of mail ballots under Trump’s new postal system, whistleblower warns

USPS rushed to build a complex system in only three months instead of a year following a now-halted Trump executive order on mail-in voting

Whistleblower warns Trump mail ballot plan could be 'catastrophic'  USA Today

The disclosure says an entire batch of ballots would be rejected if a single barcode sampled by a postal employee could not be scanned or matched with information submitted through an online portal.

The whistleblower, described by lawyers as a federal official, disclosed information about the Postal Service's new mail-voting procedures to Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.

CNN's Wolf Blitzer walked back a comment falsely suggesting U.S. troops overseas would be impacted by President Donald Trump's mail-in ballot crackdown.

A federal judge on Monday denied requests from the Trump administration and Republican-led states to lift a temporary block on key parts of a U.S. Postal Service rule implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order intended to secure federal elections. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former Pr

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