The Sconi

A postal contractor is blowing the whistle on what he described as postal employee bias during the election. 

Ethan Pease, of Madison, appeared at a press conference hosted by the Amistad Project.

"During the run-up to, and on Election Day, I was working as a temporary hire at United Mailing Services, UMS, a USPS subcontractor in Wisconsin," Pease said during the news conference. "I began employment on Aug. 26, 2020, as a route driver and box truck driver. This meant my job was to pick up mail on a predetermined route and deliver to UMS for sorting and metering."

Pease said he took the sorted mail to USPS after that and eventually he began to deliver mail-in ballots from UMS to USPS.

"I knew this because there was special bins marked ‘for ballots only,'" he said.

Pease said after forgetting one time, he made sure to always check to make sure the ballot bins were loaded for transport.

"On Nov. 2, 2020, I noticed there was only one ballot in the bin for delivery to USPS," Pease said. "And on Nov. 3, Election Day, there were no ballots in the bin for delivery. One can imagine my surprise then when the next day, Nov. 4, I was asked by a senior USPS employee, named Monte, if I had forgotten any ballots the night before."

Pease said Monte told him there was an order that came down regarding 100,000 missing ballots.

"Monte then told me his post office had dispatched employees to look for the missing ballots around 4 a.m. and that only 7 or 8 were found around UMS," Pease said. "Based on my previous experience and my habit of checking for ballots I believe that to be a lie."

Pease said he was informed by another USPS employee that they were ordered to backdate ballots received after the election.

"I didn't bring any of this to the attention of my supervisors at USPS at the time due to what I perceived to be their hostility towards President Donald Trump and their evident contempt for the law. I heard those same two post office employees making jokes about taking mail-in ballots for Trump and throwing them away," Pease said.

Pease said that while he isn't a Trump supporter, nor a Biden supporter, he believes something wrong had occurred.

The Amistad Project is with the Thomas More Society. They have been taking part in an effort since last year regarding election integrity for the 2020 General Election.