North Carolina Mails 46,000 Absentee Ballots as Trump Pushes New Mail-Voting Curbs
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 4
North Carolina Mails 46,000 Absentee Ballots as Trump Pushes New Mail-Voting Curbs
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 4
Summary
More than 46,000 requested absentee ballots were set to go out in North Carolina on Friday, making it the first state this fall to proceed with routine mail voting.
The mailing collides with a Trump administration rule requiring states to share voter data and use a barcode-enabled ballot envelope for Postal Service verification, with noncompliant states facing threats to ballot delivery.
A federal judge's temporary injunction has paused that rule, but the calendar is tightening: the election is nine weeks away and 19 other states plan to begin mailing ballots by Sept. 19.
Election officials in North Carolina and other states have said they are unlikely to implement the new requirements in time if courts ultimately allow them to take effect.