Whistleblower says USPS system Trump ordered for mail ballots is flawed and untested

[u/zsreport]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/whistleblower-usps-systems-mail-ballots-flawed-rcna595361

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[u/zsreport]

That's a feature not a bug. Trump and his minions desperately want to create confusion around voting and foster distrust of the election system these midterms

[u/timdor69 → u/zsreport]

Yep. It’s a nice double whammy for them too, because it is not only creating distrust around elections but also the USPS. They want all American institutions distrusted and discredited so that they may be bought up and privatized. This sucks!

[u/popculturella → u/timdor69]

Nobody hates America more than the GOP.

[u/bazinga_0]

It will be interesting for me and all the other voters in Washington state because our only way of voting is ballots being mailed to us. Since our state refuses to give Trump our voter database will no ballots whatsoever be delivered by the Post Office to any voter in the state?

[u/Individual-Guest-123 → u/bazinga_0]

It's quite clear that will likely happen.Other States that did will mysteriously not have any ballots delivered to registered Dems. This won't come out until after votes are counted and clerks realize what mail in ballots didn't come back...all Dems, most likely

HE set this up awhile back by putting lejoy in charge, and I don't know which one cancelled local mail and forced ALL mail to go through a computerized hub. But now if I want to send a card to my next door neighbor, it has to go out 100 miles or more away to a hub and then come back, instead of the local PO dropping it off the next day. Why would they do something so inefficient? SO the hub can monitor EVERY piece of mail going through the system.

Which is why they need data centers, to organize all that information. Mail was one of the last communication loopholes they couldn't monitor. Now if you want to talk to your neighbor in private, better make sure neither of you has a listening device on your person, ie, cell phones, meta glasses, etc. And skip the mail.

[u/I_eat_mud_ → u/Individual-Guest-123]

If ballots aren't being delivered, it's likely to be at a larger scale, so I doubt it wouldn't start making the rounds on the news and social media since those ballots need to be mailed prior to election day

Edit: I'm talking about voters getting their ballots mailed to them to even vote like the original commenter, that would happen prior to Election Day

[u/thisusedyet → u/bazinga_0]

No ballots delivered, but Starlink will make sure you all vote “correctly” (R)

[u/KingBanhammer → u/bazinga_0]

Nominally the courts have already put a stop on them putting this plan into place. The reality is: we're probably going to see a hot mess happen, yes.

God only knows what the results of that hot mess will be.

[u/sonny9636]

This is blocked by the courts. People SHOULD NOT trust the mail with their ballots though. I hope states are planning to add collection boxes everywhere. Or, plan to drop off your vote early at designated polling location.

[u/RickHunter84 → u/sonny9636]

That’s the problem there isn’t any sort of plan, just and idea of what it should look like. Sound familiar

[u/HermanGulch → u/sonny9636]

Drop boxes wouldn't help here, though. This plan is about not delivering ballots in the first place, from the county (or whoever runs elections in the state) to the voter. The voter won't get a ballot to put in the drop box.

[u/sonny9636 → u/HermanGulch]

Well that makes it worse. They are probably planning to ignore court orders too on this. States need to make plans to get around this..

[u/TaterForming]

Oh I'm sure that system is working exactly as designed and tested

D - trash

R - allow

D - trash

R- allow

R+D - trash (RCA disloyal to trump)

[u/ChoiceMedicine1462]

Don't expect anything less from Pres Waddles

[u/002Chris]

Can't say I'm overly surprised...

[u/ReleventReference]

I mean flawed and untested is kind of his go to.

[u/PotatoeGuru]

By design ...

BTW, mail-in votes cannot be 'hacked' so that's part of what this is all about.

[u/POEness → u/PotatoeGuru]

This is why trump has hated mail in voting since 2020

[u/yarash]

The word needs to be put out that mail in voting is compromised. Voting in person is the only viable option.

Organize. Getting out of this is going to require real life effort.

[u/thebruce]

They're intentionally fucking up the mail system. People won't know if their votes were recorded, and might try to vote again in-person to make sure.

They'll then hold this up as evidence of Democratic voters attempting to double-vote to discredit votes in those areas. Mark my words.

[u/Human_Local3519]

Does anyone expect an already illegitimate government to not cheat?

[u/RoswellRedux]

He doesn't care. The whole point is disruption, not ballot delivery.

[u/thebooknerd_]

Shocked, I’m completely and utterly shocked /s

[u/Active-Carpet-9183]

Perfect

[u/Pepsiman34]

You don't say.