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

Congressional leaders from both parties are reacting to a whistleblower warning that the U.S. Postal Service is rushing to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail ballots, potentially jeopardizing mail voting ahead of the midterm elections. 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 released Tuesday. (AP Video: Thomas Peipert) Delivery vans are parked during a protest staged as part of a countrywide National Day of Action Tuesday, July 28, 2026, outside the main United States Postal Service headquarters in northeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) The Supreme Court is seen on the morning after the conservative majority sided with the Trump administration in a case over President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The U.S.

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