With just days to go before absentee ballots go out in North Carolina, a whistleblower warned that the US Postal Service has prepared a “potentially catastrophic” system for handling mail-in ballots.
The Postal Service is developing the system because of President Trump’s controversial 2026 order, which requires the federal agency to work with the states to create pre-approved lists of voters who are eligible for voting.
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There are serious concerns about how the president’s order could impact the ability of eligible North Carolinians to get their absentee ballots.
On a recent episode of PBS NC’s “State Lines,” Cardinal & Pine Senior Newsletter Editor Billy Ball says the big problem is where the order comes from in the first place.
It comes from a president with a well-documented history of lying or spreading false information about elections in America.
Watch the full episode of PBS NC’s “State Lines” below.
