Year: 2021

  • Special election to be held in Alabama House district

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    A special election is being held on Sept. 7 for District 78 of the Alabama House of Representatives. Kenyatté Hassell (D) and Loretta Grant (R) are running in the general election. The special election was called after Kirk Hatcher (D) was elected to the Alabama State Senate in a special election on March 2. Hatcher…

  • Aug. 30 marks the filing deadline for Jersey City mayor and council

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    The filing deadline to run for elected office in Jersey City in New Jersey is on Aug. 30. Prospective candidates may file for Jersey City mayor and nine city council seats. All six districts of the city council are up for election as well as the two at large seats and council president.  The general…

  • Birmingham, Ala., holds municipal general election

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    Birmingham, Ala., held a municipal general election on Aug. 24. Candidates ran in nonpartisan elections for mayor and all nine seats on the city council. The filing deadline to run passed on July 10. Voters re-elected Mayor Randall L. Woodfin to a second term. He defeated seven other candidates in the nonpartisan mayoral race, earning…

  • Washington school board candidate who suspended campaign gets most primary votes, re-enters race

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    Kristi Schmeck, who suspended her campaign for a seat on the five-member Sequim School District Board of Directors in the late spring, rejoined the race after receiving the most votes in the Aug. 2 primary. Schmeck received 28.85% of the vote for the Director at Large, Position No. 4 seat, while Virginia R. Sheppard, the…

  • Documenting America’s Path to Recovery #293: August 26, 2021

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    Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery. Today we look at: An outdoor mask mandate in Oregon A ban on vaccine mandates in Texas Vaccine distribution School mask requirements State proof-of-vaccination requirements and policies Federal responses We are committed to keeping you updated on everything from mask requirements to vaccine-related policies. We will keep you…

  • 39 days until SCOTUS begins its new term

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    Welcome to the Thursday, August 26, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Five interesting facts about the U.S. Supreme Court’s previous term Idaho Supreme Court rules law changing state’s ballot measure signature distribution requirement is unconstitutional Results from Tuesday’s mayoral elections in Birmingham, Alabama, and St. Petersburg, Florida Five…

  • Special election for Rhode Island Senate District 3 to be held Nov. 2

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    A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 3 seat in the Rhode Island State Senate on Nov. 2, 2021. The primary is on Oct. 5, and the filing deadline is on Aug. 27.

  • SCOTUS adds two cases to its 2021-2022 term

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    The U.S. Supreme Court accepted two cases for review during its 2021-2022 term on Aug. 23. With the addition of these two cases, the court has granted review in a total of 33 cases for the term, which is scheduled to begin on Oct. 4.  Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez concerns the right of non-citizens to a…

  • Special election for California Assembly District 18 to be held Aug. 31

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    A special election is being held on Aug. 31 for District 18 in the California State Assembly. Mia Bonta (D) and Janani Ramachandran (D) are running in the election. Bonta and Ramachandran advanced from the June 29 primary election after neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote. The winner of the special election…

  • A closer look at Tennessee’s recall laws

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    Tennessee statutes allow recalls in any “governmental entity having a charter provision for a petition for recall.” This delegates the decision about recalls of local officials to each municipality. If a local government’s charter allows for such recalls, then state law establishes the signature requirements and filing deadlines for conducting them. This also applies to…