Year: 2024
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Fewest ever contested state legislative primaries in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has 33 contested state legislative primaries on September 3, 2024, the fewest since Ballotpedia started tracking in 2010. There are 27 contested Democratic primaries and six contested Republican primaries. For both parties that is below the average from 2010 to 2022. The average number of contested Democratic primaries was 36.9 and the average number…
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76% of last June’s elections were uncontested
Throughout June, Ballotpedia covered 5,065 elections in 25 states, 76% of which were uncontested. That’s up from May when 70% of the 5,799 covered were uncontested. Ballotpedia defines an uncontested election as one where the number of candidates running is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. This analysis does…
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Voters in six states—CO, FL, MD, NY, NV, and SD—will be deciding on abortion in 2024, with measures proposed in five other states
Voters in six states—Colorado, Florida, Maryland, New York, Nevada, and South Dakota—will decide on abortion-related ballot measures in Nov. 2024. Initiatives are also proposed in five additional states. On June 28, a ballot initiative to provide a state constitutional right to an abortion was certified for the ballot in Nevada. Around 128,000 signatures were verified…
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Signatures submitted for Ohio ballot initiative to establish the Citizens Redistricting Commission
In Ohio, the campaign behind a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment to create a Citizens Redistricting Commission submitted signatures on July 1, 2024. Voters would decide the ballot initiative on Nov. 5, 2024. The initiative would replace the current Ohio Redistricting Commission with the Citizens Redistricting Commission. Currently, the Ohio Redistricting Commission has seven members, including the…
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Donald Trump (R) hits highest share price since September 2022 in PredictIt’s 2024 general presidential election market
As of July 2, 2024, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market shows former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.56, President Joe Biden (D) at $0.31, and California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) at $0.10. Trump has held the lead in this market since May 16, 2024. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price.…
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Nevada voters will decide on abortion amendment in November, joining five other states—CO, FL, MD, NY, and SD
Voters in Nevada will decide on a citizen-initiated ballot measure to provide a state constitutional right to an abortion on Nov. 5, 2024. About 128,000 signatures were verified on June 28, 2024. For a citizen initiative to qualify for the ballot, 102,362 valid signatures were required. Voters in 11 states could vote on abortion-related measures…
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Signatures submitted for North Dakota initiative to prohibit property taxes
In North Dakota, a campaign, End Unfair Property Tax, submitted signatures on June 28, 2024, for a ballot initiative to prohibit property taxes, except those used to pay for bond debt. Former State Rep. Rick Becker (R-7) is chairman of the campaign. End Unfair Property Tax submitted about 41,000 signatures. To qualify for the ballot,…