USPS ‘whistleblower’ tells Project Veritas he was ordered to backdate late mail-in ballots in Michigan
Posted by freedomforall 4 years, 5 months ago to Politics
An anonymous tipster with the Postal Service in Michigan has alleged his supervisor ordered mail carriers to backdate ballots mailed too late to be counted, Project Veritas revealed - and the service is reportedly investigating.
The self-professed mail carrier - whose voice and identity have been disguised - claimed he and his colleagues were “issued a directive” to “collect any ballots we find in mailboxes,” collection boxes, and “outgoing mail in general” on Wednesday and “separate them at the end of the day so that they could hand stamp them with the previous day’s date” in an interview with Project Veritas posted on Wednesday night.
The ballots retrieved from general mail circulation were then put in “express bags” to be sent “wherever they needed to go” after being stamped, the tipster alleged. Under Michigan law, mail-in ballots must be postmarked by 8pm on Election Day - this past Tuesday - in order to be counted in the 2020 election.
The tipster claimed he worked for the Barlow branch of the Traverse City post office and that he had also spoken with a carrier at another branch who “watched the postmaster [stamping ballots with the previous day’s date].” Normally, “it would be clerks that would do it up at the distribution center,” he added.
BREAKING: Michigan @USPS Whistleblower Details Directive From Superiors: Back-Date Late Mail-In-Ballots As Received November 3rd, 2020 So They Are Accepted “Separate them from standard letter mail so they can hand stamp them with YESTERDAY'S DATE & put them through"#MailFraudpic.twitter.com/n7AcNwpq80
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 5, 2020
Project Veritas founder James O’Keeffe allegedly called the tipster’s supervisor, Jonathon Clarke - the man who supposedly told employees to separate out the ballots - to inquire about the order, only to be hung up on. However, it’s not clear the other party was actually Clarke.
The self-professed mail carrier - whose voice and identity have been disguised - claimed he and his colleagues were “issued a directive” to “collect any ballots we find in mailboxes,” collection boxes, and “outgoing mail in general” on Wednesday and “separate them at the end of the day so that they could hand stamp them with the previous day’s date” in an interview with Project Veritas posted on Wednesday night.
The ballots retrieved from general mail circulation were then put in “express bags” to be sent “wherever they needed to go” after being stamped, the tipster alleged. Under Michigan law, mail-in ballots must be postmarked by 8pm on Election Day - this past Tuesday - in order to be counted in the 2020 election.
The tipster claimed he worked for the Barlow branch of the Traverse City post office and that he had also spoken with a carrier at another branch who “watched the postmaster [stamping ballots with the previous day’s date].” Normally, “it would be clerks that would do it up at the distribution center,” he added.
BREAKING: Michigan @USPS Whistleblower Details Directive From Superiors: Back-Date Late Mail-In-Ballots As Received November 3rd, 2020 So They Are Accepted “Separate them from standard letter mail so they can hand stamp them with YESTERDAY'S DATE & put them through"#MailFraudpic.twitter.com/n7AcNwpq80
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 5, 2020
Project Veritas founder James O’Keeffe allegedly called the tipster’s supervisor, Jonathon Clarke - the man who supposedly told employees to separate out the ballots - to inquire about the order, only to be hung up on. However, it’s not clear the other party was actually Clarke.
