The attorney of a whistleblower warned that the plan of the United States Postal Service (USPS) related to an executive order from President Trump may harm the counting of voters' mail-in ballots. The attorney is representing someone who works or has worked for the American postal agency.
The USPS has been building a new system to implement President Trump's pressure to restrict mail-in voting. This system includes the creation of a portal that is part of the efforts to limit this form of voting.
The whistleblower, whose identity is not revealed in the article, has insider information about the internal operations of the postal service and its relations with the Trump administration. The concerns focus on the potential negative impact on voters' ability to send and have their mail-in ballots counted correctly.
The alert comes at a time when mail-in voting has become a particularly sensitive topic in the United States, especially considering the 2024 presidential elections and the debates around access to postal voting.