00:01Voters in North Carolina began receiving mail-in ballots on Friday,
00:05making it the first U.S. state to do so this election cycle.
00:09The distribution came as the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court
00:13to revive an executive order sharply restricting mail voting.
00:18President Donald Trump signed the order in March,
00:20arguing the system was vulnerable to fraud.
00:24You may say to find a rogue judge, you're going to open a lot of rogue judges.
00:28It would require states to submit lists of eligible voters through a federal portal
00:33and limit postal delivery to approved voters.
00:37A federal judge blocked the order last week,
00:40ruling it was practically impossible for states to comply so close to the election.
00:46The Supreme Court has already temporarily lifted a separate lower court block
00:50without ruling on the merits.
00:53Nearly a third of Americans voted by mail in 2024,
00:56for making the legal battle a major issue ahead of November's midterm elections.
