An anonymous federal official warned in a whistleblower report released Tuesday that the U.S. Postal Service plans to secretly and unlawfully implement the Trump administration’s mail-in ballot restrictions through a “rushed” new system that could prevent voters from receiving their ballots.
The whistleblower said in a disclosure to Congress that the USPS began working on a new set of untested information technology systems, including the “Federal Ballot Mail Portal,” in June 2026 despite court-ordered injunctions to halt its work, which began following an executive order by President Donald Trump.
The order sought to overhaul the mail-in ballot process by tasking the USPS to compare ballots sent through the mail to a list of eligible voters created by the federal government. The lists would be uploaded to the portal by the states.