**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:**
- USPS Mail-In Ballot Rule litigation
- USPS Whistleblower Report (Whistleblower Aid)
- USCIS-FDNS Whistleblower Report
- Maggard v. Missouri (Missouri Supreme Court)
- Missouri redistricting contempt hearing audio
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