{
  "id": 4838120,
  "title": "Postal Service work to comply with Trump’s executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/postal-service-work-to-comply-with-trumps-executive-order-is-rushed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T10:22:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/2026/09/01/postal-service-work-to-comply-with-trumps-executive-order-is-rushed-sloppy-whistleblower-contends"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The U.S. Postal Service is set to deploy a hastily assembled, error-prone computer system for mail voting, risking the voting process for one-third of voters, according to a whistleblower statement from Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal. The system, rushed into development in just three months, sometimes defying a federal judge's orders to halt work, is intended to be ready for use in the upcoming midterm elections. A single scanning mistake in tens of thousands of ballot envelopes could prevent any from reaching voters. Whistleblower and Sen. Blumenthal assert this system could disenfranchise millions of Americans.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Whistleblower warns Postal Service's mail ballot portal is \"rushed,\" \"untested\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/whistleblower-warns-postal-services-mail-ballot-portal-is-rushed",
        "published": "2026-09-01T10:00:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Postal Service work to comply with Trump’s executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/postal-service-work-to-comply-with-trumps-executive-order-is-rushed-4844874",
        "published": "2026-09-01T10:53:02.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}