The Postal Service regulation would throw out ballots in batches if any ballot fails to comply with arbitrary rules.
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Strict ScrutinySep 15, 2026
The USPS rule's verification standard is zero percent failure, so one barcode mismatch can cause an entire batch to be rejected, which is supported by the USPS amicus brief and the Federal Register text.
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… I mean, literally, we've never, like, sweated looking at Patrick Swayze while playing a DVD and re- haven't lived. They haven't substance. I don't know, folks. In truly epic false equivalencies, Justice Alito suggested in this dissent that the Postal Service regulation committing to throw out your ballots on moss if any ballot in a batch of ballots doesn't comply with these arbitrary rules, he says this is no different than, quote, the basic requirement to list the recipient's address on one side, sir. What are FYI? …
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Supports. The USPS amicus brief states the verification standard is zero percent failure and that the Postal Service will reject the entire mailing if a single sampled envelope fails barcode verification.[2]
Supports. The Federal Register final rule says mailings that do not comply will not be accepted and will be returned to the authorized ballot mailer, and H.Res. 1539 describes a single failing ballot causing an entire batch to be rejected.[3][4]
Context. The rejected batch is returned to election officials and not destroyed, and errors may be corrected and the mailpieces then accepted, so 'throw out' is looser than the rule's text; Reuters' 'discarded' phrasing traces to the whistleblower's account.[1][3]
Context. Independent coverage of the whistleblower disclosure describes the same batch-rejection mechanism for a single bad barcode.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 primary, 1 not rated
- 1Whistleblower says USPS mail-in voting restrictions could ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2No. 26A305supremecourt.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Postal Servicefederalregister.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 4H. RES. 1539 (Introduced-in-House)govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5USPS whistleblower predicts 'catastrophic' effect on ...idahostatejournal.com · not rated · cited for: context
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