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- The US Postal Service has filed a patent for a "reliable voting system" that would use blockchain technology to improve the security and transparency of election results, Forbes reported on Friday.
- The patent proposes sending voters a unique code in the mail which they can then use to verify their identity and cast their vote online, and then storing that information on the blockchain to ensure votes aren't tampered with, according to a patent application made public last week.
- The patent is still pending, meaning it wouldn't be used in the upcoming November presidential election, but offers a novel tool for guarding against concerns like double voting.
- Trump thrust the USPS into the spotlight last week by admitting he's refusing to fund it in an effort to sabotage mail-in voting, which he has falsely claimed is linked to voting fraud.
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The US Postal Service has become an unlikely flashpoint of the upcoming elections due to President Donald Trump's refusal to fund the cash-strapped agency, despite the outsized role it will play as millions of Americans turn to mail-in voting during the pandemic.
But even as Trump continues to make false claims attempting to link mail-in voting to fraud, the USPS has been working on new ways to make elections more secure and transparent, even if voters opt for mail-in ballots.
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