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class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        A federal judge&#8217;s ruling that compliance was &#8220;practically impossible,&#8221; paired with a whistleblower&#8217;s warning that millions of ballots could go undelivered, has thrown the run-up to a pivotal midterm vote into legal disarray.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>Voters in North Carolina in the United States began receiving their mail-in ballots on Friday, the first state to do so this election cycle.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" 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tied to his long-standing assertion that mail ballots cost him the 2020 election. <\/p>\n<p>Nearly a third of Americans voted by mail in the 2024 general election, accounting for more than 48 million votes, according to researchers States United.The order would require states to submit lists of eligible voters through a federal portal and would direct the Postal Service to deliver ballots only to those on the approved lists. Democratic-led states sued, arguing the Constitution gives states, not the federal government, authority over how elections are run. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/90\/11\/33\/808x539_cmsv2_4e829af6-4f5a-54ad-86af-49632ca5f8e0-9901133.jpg\" alt=\"Demonstrators have campaigned against Trump&apos;s attempts to block certain mail-in ballots.\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Demonstrators have campaigned against Trump&#8217;s attempts to block certain mail-in ballots.<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A federal judge, Indira Talwani, blocked the order last week, ruling it &#8220;practically impossible&#8221; for states to comply given how close they are to sending out ballots. <\/p>\n<p>Adding to the pressure on the system, a Postal Service whistleblower has warned that the technology behind the new voter-list portal ordered by Trump was built in a rushed, error-prone way that could see millions of ballots go undelivered. <\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has already weighed in once, temporarily lifting a separate lower-court block on the order without ruling on its merits \u2014 leaving the practice in legal limbo just as voting gets underway.<\/p>\n<p>The stakes for Trump are considerable. 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accounting for more than 48 million votes, according to researchers States United.The order would require states to submit lists of eligible voters through a federal portal and would direct the Postal Service to deliver ballots only to those on the approved lists. 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