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North Carolina sends mail ballots as election rules and legal questions persist

What happened

North Carolina began sending out mail-in ballots on Friday. The State Board of Elections approved new guidelines on the same day regarding mail-in ballots. Legal questions about mail ballot restrictions are under consideration, with the Supreme Court potentially weighing in.

How the coverage differs

Left

Left-leaning outlets lead with the Trump administration's Supreme Court involvement and broader "legal battle" over mail ballots. CBS News frames it as "Trump administration asks Supreme Court to weigh in" while Bloomberg emphasizes a "legal fight that could help determine control of Congress."

Center

The Hill leads with state election officials' timing, emphasizing that NC "alter[ed] mail ballot rules just before they're mailed out" and that new guidelines were approved "hours before those same ballots were sent to voters."

Right

No outlet in this band covered it.

Every version

PTC

Trump wants the Postal Service to radically overhaul mail voting. But ballots are already going out.

Politico · Lean Left

CBS

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to weigh in on mail-in ballots

CBS News · Lean Left

BLM

North Carolina Mailing Ballots Friday as Legal Battle Rages

Bloomberg · Lean Left

ABC

Midterm mail ballots start to go to voters as litigation creates uncertainty

ABC News · Lean Left

HIL

NC elections officials alter mail ballot rules just before they’re mailed out

The Hill · Center

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