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The U.S. Postal Service unveiled new requirements for mail ballots less than two weeks before some states begin sending them.

Supported

What the evidence shows

AP reports the Postal Service issued new ballot-handling requirements on Monday, and that North Carolina begins mailing ballots on Sept. 4. The timing claim is directly supported by the same report and by AP’s separate coverage of the North Carolina timeline.

Evidence considered

  1. AP says USPS unveiled new requirements Monday.
  2. AP says some states begin mailing ballots in under two weeks.
  3. AP says North Carolina starts Sept. 4 for overseas and military voters.

Sources

01AP: US Postal Service issues new rule for mail ballots, but its impact on the midterms is uncertainOpen source ↗02AP: Nothing changes yet with the Supreme Court's order on elections. But it could open door to 'chaos'Open source ↗

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