Another wrinkle: North Carolina is starting to send out mail ballots TODAY, and it appears that the postal service is set to accept them (though that’s not certain). NC isn’t fully compliant with the new USPS rule, and won’t be through the election.
So now there’s the possibility that SOME voters will be able to receive mail-in ballots, but that the USPS will refuse to accept ballots sent later for others, raising an obvious equal protection issue. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/north-carolina-mails-first-ballots-of-fall-as-trump-tries-to-restrict-them.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.RGel.YWUyQqaEJvqu
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Matt Blaze
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2026-09-04 13:04:02 UTC
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