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Whistleblower claims USPS plan for Trump's mail voting order could disrupt midterms

NPR | By Hansi Lo Wang,

Leila Fadel

Published September 2, 2026 at 3:43 AM CDT

An anonymous federal official warned in a whistleblower complaint that a technical system the Postal Service built for mail voting is flawed and, if implemented, likely to disrupt the fall midterms.

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Hansi Lo Wang

Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) is a NPR correspondent who reports on voting, the Census Bureau and the U.S. Postal Service.

Leila Fadel

Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.