North Carolina started sending out absentee ballots on September 4, 2026.
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Deadline: White HouseSep 7, 2026
North Carolina's county boards of elections began mailing absentee ballots on Friday, September 4, 2026, as shown by the state elections board and county election pages. The post's 'today' refers to that Friday, which the post's own '60 days until the midterms' framing corroborates, so the extraction matches the passage.
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… Despite the president's push to crack down on mail-in voting, the first mid-term ballots are now in the mail. Today, North Carolina started sending out ballots ahead of November's elections there. As The New York Times reports, quote, state election officials said they would send their first batch of absentee ballots just after midnight Friday to the more than 46,000 voters who have requested them. …
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Supports. The North Carolina State Board of Elections lists September 4, 2026 as the date absentee ballots begin going out to voters who requested them.[2]
Supports. A Chowan County board of elections page gives September 4, 2026 as the date county boards begin mailing absentee ballots.[3]
Supports. AP reported that North Carolina was scheduled on Friday to become one of the first states to send out absentee ballots, and officials said it would be business as usual.[1]
Supports. A later WHKY report says that on Friday, September 4, North Carolina's 100 county boards began sending absentee-by-mail ballots, making it the first state to do so.[4]
Context. Carolina Public Press reported before the date that mailing would begin Friday, September 4, as required by state law.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Midterm mail ballots start to go to voters as litigation over Trump's order creates uncertaintyapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Upcoming Electionncsbe.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 32026 General Election - Vote by Mail (Absentee Ballot)chowancounty-nc.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Absentee By Mail Ballots Sent To N.C. Voters - WHKYwhky.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5What's up with mail-in voting in NC in 2026? - Carolina Public Presscarolinapublicpress.org · not rated · cited for: context
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