Inundated with Briefs Citing Whistleblower’s Revelations, Supreme Court Denies Trump Administration’s Plan to Restrict Mail

Court agrees with WhistleblowerAid.org’s brief arguing that the system could not be implemented without catastrophic results to American elections WASHINGTON, D.C., September 14, 2026 – The United States Supreme Court has put an end to President Donald Trump’s plan to use the United States Postal Service (USPS) to restrict mail-in voting in the 2026 midterm election and potentially disenfranchise millions of voters. WhistleblowerAid.org represents the anonymous federal official who disclosed to members of Congress and the USPS Office of Inspector General details of the “USPS’s secretive, rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed process for the creation and implementation of an entirely new and untested set of IT systems [that] will govern the delivery of ballots to voters as soon as the 2026 mid-term federal elections and beyond.” WhistleblowerAid.org filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, citing our client’s shocking revelations that the new ballot mail system would likely fail and that it contained a hidden “zero-percent” failure rule that would have mandated that the Postal Service withhold large batches of blank ballots being mailed to voters if a scanner failed to read a barcode on just one of the envelopes. This, as our whistleblower revealed, and our amicus brief put into the record before the court, would likely result in millions of voters not receiving their mail-in ballots. Briefs from both sets of parties opposing the Trump Administration’s actions (including Attorneys General from 25 states, and the League of Women Voters) cited our client’s disclosure multiple times. And a significant number of amicus briefs and additional filings from other parties cited our whistleblower’s disclosure: “Recent reports from a USPS whistleblower and others about the agency’s ‘sloppy and rushed’ development of its new online portal and ballot-scanning process…call to mind the disastrous rollout of Healthcare.gov in 2013….The portal ‘does not yet exist.’ And recent revelations from a USPS whistleblower raise significant concerns that USPS’ new systems will not work…” – From respondents California, et. al. WhistleblowerAid.org’s amicus brief put into the record the exact allegations the whistleblower brought forward, helping the justices to reach their decision. “We are proud to have provided the district court, the appellate court, and now the Supreme Court with information that helped them reach this momentous decision, and we are proud of the anonymous federal official we represent for courageously coming forward to protect our democracy,” said WhistleblowerAid.org Senior Vice President and Special Counsel David Kligerman, the lead attorney representing the whistleblower. “It is humbling to witness such a significant impact in real time, given that our client’s disclosure was made public less than two weeks ago.” WhistleblowerAid.org is a pioneering non-profit legal organization founded in 2017 that helps public and private sector workers report and expose wrongdoing safely, lawfully, and responsibly. ### U.S. Supreme Court filings citing the whistleblower disclosure include: - Response to application from respondent California, et al. - Response to application from respondent League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, et al. - Amicus brief of Bipartisan Former Governors - Amicus brief of State and Local Election Officials, Local Governments, and the Center for Election Innovation and Research - Amicus brief of League of United Latin American Citizens, Secure Families Initiative, Arizona Students’ Association, City of Madison, Wisconsin, Travis County, Texas, and Travis County Clerk, in her official capacity - Amicus brief of Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, Inc., EXPO of Wisconsin, Inc., Jaleyce Oraedu, Jasmine Oraedu, Aharon Shelef - Amicus brief of DSCC, DCCC, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Governors Association - Amicus brief of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Brief of DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Women’s Law Center, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, And Victim Rights Law Center, Et Al. As Amici Curiae In Support Of Respondents