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Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems

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Re: Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems

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Post by Jordan-117 »

ck2 wrote: post #2

good thing it's completely illegal for the federal government to interfere with state voting proceedure > For instance, the Postal Service has what the whistleblower claims is a "zero percent failure rate." > Mail workers would scan a sample of a batch of mail ballots — about 400 out of a batch of 10,000 or more — to verify it matches what is in the federal mail ballot portal. > Under the policy, if even one barcode…

They don't care if it's illegal. They'll do it anyway and trust in the tainted result being a fait accompli that the courts can't (or won't) resolve.

Re: Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems

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Post by gWPVhyxPHqvk »

ck2 wrote: post #2

good thing it's completely illegal for the federal government to interfere with state voting proceedure > For instance, the Postal Service has what the whistleblower claims is a "zero percent failure rate." > Mail workers would scan a sample of a batch of mail ballots — about 400 out of a batch of 10,000 or more — to verify it matches what is in the federal mail ballot portal. > Under the policy, if even one barcode…

It's still funny thinking that there's people out there in 2026 who think that "it's illegal" will stop the Trump administration.

Re: Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems

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Post by RickJWagner »

hackyhacky wrote: post #7

> Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems Yes. That's the point. The administration doesn't care about fixing whatever hypothetical mail ballot fraud may or may not exist; they are doing this to inject chaos into the election results, giving them cover to claim any result they want or even to just throw out the results entirely. Catastrophic problems are the means to that end.

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Re: Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems

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Post by torben-friis »

SoftTalker wrote: post #10

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I'm not American, but if I'm not mistaken, you don't have election day off like in other countries, right?

If so, how is that not clearly discriminatory for those who can't afford the time to go.

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Post by Geeek »

RickJWagner wrote: post #13
hackyhacky wrote: post #7

> Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems Yes. That's the point. The administration doesn't care about fixing whatever hypothetical mail ballot fraud may or may not exist; they are doing this to inject chaos into the election results, giving them cover to claim any result they want or even to just throw out the results entirely. Catastrophic problems are the means to that end.

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One can observe and accuse based on that observation. What 'sources' do you expect to see?

Re: Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems

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Post by Arubis »

torben-friis wrote: post #14
SoftTalker wrote: post #10

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I'm not American, but if I'm not mistaken, you don't have election day off like in other countries, right? If so, how is that not clearly discriminatory for those who can't afford the time to go.

We have a designated Election Day. It is (as you correctly imply) not a federal holiday. My own perspective is that that is indeed clearly discriminatory, and that some people like it that way.

Re: Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems

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Post by BigTTYGothGF »

ck2 wrote: post #2

good thing it's completely illegal for the federal government to interfere with state voting proceedure > For instance, the Postal Service has what the whistleblower claims is a "zero percent failure rate." > Mail workers would scan a sample of a batch of mail ballots — about 400 out of a batch of 10,000 or more — to verify it matches what is in the federal mail ballot portal. > Under the policy, if even one barcode…

> good thing it's completely illegal for the federal government to interfere with state voting proceedure

Oh yeah that'll stop them.

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