Year: 2022

  • New Mexico enacts new state House map

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    On Dec. 29, 2021, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed a new state House map into law, which will take effect for New Mexico’s 2022 legislative elections. The New Mexico House of Representatives voted 43-23 to approve the map on Dec. 10, and the New Mexico State Senate approved the map 24-13 on…

  • Minimum wage increases in 25 states in 2022

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    Ballotpedia recently published our annual analysis of statewide minimum wage increases in the coming year. In 2022, the minimum wage will increase in 25 states and Washington, D.C. The increases ranged from $0.22 in Michigan to $1.50 in Virginia. Twenty increases took effect on Jan. 1. Four take effect on July 1. One takes effect…

  • Jan. 7 marks the filing deadline for three Michigan House seats

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    Candidates interested in running in the special elections for Michigan House of Representatives Districts 36, 43, and 74 have until Jan. 7 to file. The primary election is scheduled for March 1, and the general election is scheduled for May 3.  The special election for District 36 was called after Douglas Wozniak (R) was elected…

  • Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules against 2019 Marsy's Law Crime Victims Rights Amendment

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    In 2019, 74% of voters at the election on Nov. 5, 2019, voted to approve the Pennsylvania Marsy's Law Crime Victims Rights Amendment. Results were never certified because the Commonwealth Court enjoined then-Acting Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar from certifying election results pending litigation. On Dec. 21, 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a 6-1 ruling,…

  • Ohio campaign aiming to legalize marijuana submits signatures to send the proposed measure to the state legislature

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    On Dec. 20, the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol submitted 206,943 signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State’s office for a ballot initiative aiming to legalize marijuana in the state.  The measure is an indirect initiated state statute meaning that the state legislature will have an opportunity to pass the law without it going…