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US Midterm Mail-In Voting Begins in North Carolina

From Gulf Today · () English

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  • North Carolina became the first US state to issue absentee ballots for the November 3 midterm elections.
  • The elections will decide all 435 House seats and one-third of the Senate, determining the balance of power in Washington for the next two years.
  • The start of voting coincided with a federal judge's ruling blocking a Trump administration measure involving Postal Service control of mail-in ballot distribution.

Mail-in voting for the US midterm elections began Friday, with North Carolina becoming the first state to issue absentee ballots to voters.

The November 3 congressional elections will decide all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate. Their outcome will determine the balance of power in Washington for the next two years and provide a major test of public support for President Donald Trump's second-term agenda.

The opening of mail-in voting coincided with a ruling in Boston by US District Judge Indira Talwani. She issued a preliminary injunction blocking a Trump administration measure that sought to give the US Postal Service control over the distribution of mail-in ballots, NBC News reported.

Talwani had previously halted a related policy. In the latest ruling, she found that the Postal Service regulation governing ballot transmission was likely unconstitutional and unlawful.

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