OA1298 - Voting rights attorney Jenessa is back, and she has some genuinely good news: the USPS mail-in ballot scheme appears to be dead on arrival. But the details of how badly it was bungled, revealed in a pair of explosive whistleblower reports, are something else entirely. Among the highlights: oral instructions only (nothing in writing), batch rejection of ballots for a single misscanned barcode, and a training video that promises key data gaps will be filled by, quote, "supplemental magic."
Then: a USCIS whistleblower reveals an unlawful voter-fraud investigation targeting naturalized citizens, run on private corporate databases and vibes. And finally, Missouri's redistricting saga has devolved into contempt hearings, dueling maps, and a secretary of state who apparently needed a judge to explain that "evaluating options" is not a compliance plan.
Cases and sources discussed:
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Maggard v. Missouri (Missouri Supreme Court)
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