{
  "id": 5580656,
  "title": "North Carolina becomes first state to send out mail-in ballots for US midterms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/north-carolina-becomes-first-state-to-send-out-mail-in-ballots-for-us",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T14:58:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/04/north-carolina-mail-in-ballots-midterms"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "State decides to proceed hours after Trump administration asks supreme court to let it carry out proposed crackdown North Carolina became the first state to start sending out mail-in ballots for November’s US midterm elections on Friday, as Donald Trump’s administration fights to impose sweeping restrictions on the practice before millions of Americans cast their votes. The state’s decision to…",
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "US midterms start with North Carolina distributing mail-voting ballots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/us-midterms-start-with-north-carolina-distributing-mail-voting-ballots",
        "published": "2026-09-04T15:53:14.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}