Year: 2024

  • State supreme court vacancy count for July 2024

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    In this month’s state supreme court vacancy update, Ballotpedia tracked announced retirements, nominations, appointments, confirmations, and swearings in of justices from July 1, 2024, to July 25, 2024. Ballotpedia tracks court vacancies in all 52 state supreme courts. Announced retirements: No justices announced new retirements in the month of July 2024. Candidates nominated, appointed, and…

  • Advance Colorado Action submits signatures for three ballot initiatives addressing property taxes, parole eligibility, and a constitutional right to school choice

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    Advance Colorado Action, an issue advocacy organization that describes its mission as “supporting policies that increase economic opportunity and greater government transparency,” submitted signatures for three ballot initiatives for the November general election ballot. Nearly 200,000 signatures were submitted for each initiative. To qualify for the ballot, each initiative must receive 124,238 valid signatures. The…

  • The most contested legislative primaries in Arizona since 2010

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    Welcome to the Monday, July 29, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The most contested legislative primaries in Arizona since 2010 Continuing our coverage of statewide primaries, today we dive into elections in Arizona. The state is holding primaries for congressional, state executive, state legislative, and…

  • Retaliation or officer accountability? Whitehall, Ohio police union and department dispute over officer termination

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    Discipline and officer appeal provisions in Whitehall’s police collective bargaining agreement (CBA) are at play in a dispute between the police department and union over the termination of a police officer.  The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) in Whitehall, Ohio, requested the mayor to investigate the termination of officer Enrique Ortega on July 5. The…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    President Joe Biden (D) ends 2024 campaign; endorses VP Harris On July 21, President Joe Biden (D) withdrew from the 2024 presidential election. Later that afternoon, Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris (D) for the nomination. A few hours later, Harris formally declared her candidacy. You can view Biden’s full statement, along with statements from…

  • Bargaining in Blue: Retaliation or officer accountability? Whitehall, Ohio police union and department dispute over officer termination

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    Bargaining in Blue, a monthly newsletter from Ballotpedia, analyzes recent police-related news and policy debates through the lens of police collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) and police officer bills of rights within state statutes. These form the landscape within which police policy must be understood. We provide in-depth context unavailable anywhere else by leveraging insights from…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, July 26, 2024

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    Governors have vetoed 32 bills so far this year, compared to 37 at this point in 2023 and 17 at this point in 2022. Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including nationwide trends and recent legislative activity. …

  • Oregon to vote on ballot initiative to increase corporate tax rate with additional revenue dedicated to citizen rebates

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    The Oregon Secretary of State announced on July 24 that Initiative #17, which would increase the corporate tax rate and dedicate additional revenue to citizen rebates, had qualified for the ballot. The campaign submitted 165,426 signatures on July 3 of which 122,276 were found to be valid. The required number of signatures to qualify an…

  • All candidates for Ramsey, Minn. city council complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    All three candidates running in the at-large primary for Ramsey, Minn., City Council—Gareth Andersen, Kirsten Buscher, and Ebizimo Nagberi—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. All survey respondents are asked to tell voters about their three key campaign messages.…

  • Redo election scheduled for Oklahoma’s Sequoyah Public Schools

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    Welcome to the Friday, July 26, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Redo election scheduled for Oklahoma’s Sequoyah Public Schools  Voters in Oklahoma’s Sequoyah Public Schools will see a court-ordered redo election on their ballots on Aug. 27 after the discovery of irregularities in a close…