An anonymous whistleblower alleged the U.S. Postal Service’s technical system for monitoring mail-in voting could have major ramifications for the midterm elections if implemented. “The apparently sloppy and rushed manner in which the Federal Ballot Mail Portal and supporting IT systems are being built poses significant risk,”
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THE ROLLOUT
Days after whistleblower calls rollout sloppy and judge warns of 'major disenfranchisement,' DOJ asks Supreme Court to restore it.
“They already got the green light once from the Supreme Court, six-three, on a technicality about who's allowed to sue — not about whether the rule works. Now the person inside the Post Office says the ballot software is sloppy, the judge says it could wipe out valid votes, and the government's move is to go back to that same court and ask to keep running it while the ballots go out. That's not an experiment, that's your mail ballot being the beta test.”
“Look, the Postal Service is just implementing a citizenship-verification system, that's it, that's the whole story. DOJ is simply asking the Court to let a lawfully issued executive order proceed while litigation continues — that's normal appellate process, nothing unusual. Is the build "sloppy"? One internal complaint isn't a finding of fact, and Judge Talwani hasn't exactly been neutral on this — did I just say that about a sitting federal judge? Forget I said that. The Court will sort it out on the merits, calmly, well before anyone needs to worry. Probably.”
The receipts
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a lower court’s injunction on President Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail-in voting ahead of November’s midterm elections. Trump’s order directs the Department of Homeland Security to create state-by-state lists of eligible voters who are citizens. The U.S.
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to intervene in an ongoing legal battle over U.S. Postal Service rules for mail ballots just weeks before the November midterm elections.
US District Judge Indira Talwani blocked a USPS rule backed by Donald Trump that would have restricted mail-in voting ahead of the election.
A whistleblower at the U.S. Postal Service is warning that a new mail-in voting system could create major problems and prevent millions of Americans from receiving their ballots. Democratic Rep.
A federal judge in Boston on Thursday evening issued a new and complete block on rules recently set forth by the US Postal Service designed to severely restrict mail-in voting nationwide—a ruling that comes just days after the US Supreme…
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to lift a block on its new mail ballot rule for the U.S. Postal Service, as some states prepare to send mail ballots for the November elections in mere weeks. Late last month, the Supreme Court lifted a lower court order blocking an executive order instructing […]
Judge Indira Talwani said the Postal Service appeared to be trying a haphazard “experiment” with a new rule that could result in valid ballots being tossed.
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