Year: 2021
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Fifteen California counties to open early voting in Newsom recall on Sept. 4
Fifteen counties in California will open early voting centers in the recall election targeting Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Sept. 4. Early voting will run through Sept. 10. The election is on Sept. 14. The counties holding early voting are participating in the Voter’s Choice Act (VCA), which Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed in 2016.…
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Texas Supreme Court orders city council to use Save Austin Now’s ballot language for police measure
Austin voters will decide a ballot measure related to police staffing, training requirements, and demographic representation in hiring on November 2, 2021. The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the city council had to use the caption drafted by the measure’s sponsor, Save Austin Now, rather than the language approved by the city council…
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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey clears 17 ballot initiatives for signature gathering
On September 1, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D) announced that 17 ballot initiatives of the 30 filed were cleared for signature gathering. The 17 initiatives included 16 initiated state statutes aiming for the 2022 ballot and one initiated constitutional amendment that would appear on the 2024 ballot. The initiatives cleared for signature gathering address:…
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OIRA reviewed 37 significant rules in August
The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) reviewed a total of 37 significant regulatory actions issued by federal agencies in August 2021. The agency approved one rule without changes and approved the intent of 33 rules while recommending changes to their content. Three rules were withdrawn from the review process. OIRA reviewed…
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Colorado voters to decide on three initiatives on November 2
The Colorado Secretary of State announced on August 31 that Initiative 19 concerning custodial funds qualified for the ballot, which means voters will decide three statewide initiatives on November 2, 2021. Initiative 19 would transfer the power to appropriate custodial funds from the state treasurer to the state legislature. Custodial funds are state revenue not…
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Redistricting Roundup: Illinois legislature enacts revised district boundaries for state House, Senate
Today’s redistricting roundup includes news from Illinois and Ohio. Illinois The Illinois House and Senate approved new state legislative boundaries on Aug. 31 during a special session. The maps, which passed 73-43 in the state House, and 40-17 in the state Senate, revised legislative redistricting plans enacted in June. The maps the state approved in…
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U.S. Census Bureau will release easier-to-use format of 2020 census data on Sept. 16
The U.S. Census Bureau will release data from the 2020 census in easier-to-use formats at data.census.gov on Sept. 16, the agency recently announced. The Census Bureau also said it would deliver DVDs and flash drives of the data to state legislatures and redistricting authorities on that date. It had previously announced that it would release…
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Who’s raising the most money so far this year? We’ve got that data in eight states
Campaign finance requirements govern the raising and spending of money for political campaigns. While not the only factor in an election’s outcome, successful fundraising can provide a candidate with advantages, such as the ability to boost name recognition and promote a message. In addition, fundraising can indicate enthusiasm for candidates and parties. The articles below…
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Two Arizona school board recall efforts fail to qualify for the ballot
Efforts to recall school board members in the Vail Unified School District and the Litchfield Elementary School District in Arizona did not submit the required signatures to get on the ballot. In the Vail recall effort, two of the five school board members were named in the recall petitions, Board President Jon Aitken and Clerk…