Jazz guitarist and leader of the David Becker Tribune. Musicians Institute graduate.
North Carolina becomes the first state to broadly distribute mail ballots as legal challenges loom over Trump’s executive-order changes to ballot handling and USPS rules. Courts are blocking the new rules for now, while officials prepare for a midterm that could determine control of Congress.
Election officials say they are ready to run a secure vote as early voting starts in Virginia; Trump continues to push federal control over election procedures, while legal challenges and data-sharing demands intensify. Other states begin mail voting and in-person absentee voting, with national implications for 2026 midterms.