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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Aiza Moraña

Whistleblower Warns Trump-Ordered USPS Barcode Rule's 'Zero Percent Fail Rate' Could Doom Millions of Ballots

An anonymous whistleblower warns that a Trump-ordered USPS barcode rule requiring a 'zero percent fail rate' could derail millions of mail ballots this November (Credit: The White House/Wikimedia Commons)

An anonymous whistleblower has warned that a Trump-ordered United States Postal Service barcode rule, which reportedly enforces a 'zero per cent failure' standard, could stop millions of mail-in ballots from being delivered in November's midterm elections.

In a report submitted to Senator Richard Blumenthal this week, the whistleblower claimed that a single scanning error in a batch of election mail could invalidate the entire bundle and force postal workers to return it to local officials.

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