"Trump Administration Risks Disenfranchising Voters"—Whistleblower Disclosure Ahead of U.S. Midterm Elections

[Financial News] A whistleblower has warned that President Donald Trump's push to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections risks disenfranchising voters.
A federal employee with the United States Postal Service (USPS) claimed through Whistleblower Aid, a nonprofit organization that supports whistleblowers, that "restrictions on mail-in voting are being implemented in a rushed manner."
The United States Postal Service previously announced new related rules on the 21st of last month in accordance with an executive order restricting mail-in voting that President Trump signed in March. The agency plans to scan and verify ballot envelopes containing voter information registered in its system and trackable barcodes. If the information does not match, it will not deliver the ballots. The whistleblower claimed that the system developed to implement the rules was rushed through.
The whistleblower stated, "System development normally takes about a year, but we were forced to complete it in three months, and only four days were allocated for system validation and error correction." In particular, the whistleblower pointed out, "The system was designed around an 'error rate of 0%.' If even a single information mismatch occurs, delivery of the entire batch of mail-in ballots could be rejected, creating a serious risk of disenfranchising voters."
The whistleblower disclosure is expected to intensify political debate and partisan clashes over mail-in voting, with just over two months remaining before the midterm elections. President Trump previously sought to restrict mail-in voting, claiming that the Democratic Party had used it to commit widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The Democratic Party, however, has challenged the effort in court, saying there is no evidence whatsoever that mail-in voting involved fraud.
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