Year: 2024
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Nevada campaign submits signatures for voter identification ballot measure
The campaign reported submitting more than 179,000 signatures. For the initiative to appear on the ballot, at least 102,362 of those signatures need to be valid. The initiative would require that Nevada residents present a form of photo identification to verify their identity while voting in person. Acceptable forms of photo identification would include a…
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Eleven candidates are running in the special Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 10th Congressional seat
Derek Armstead, LaMonica McIver, and nine other candidates are running in the special Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District on July 16, 2024. The election is being held to fill the vacancy left by Donald Payne Jr. (D), who died on April 24, 2024. The general election will be September 18, 2024. The…
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Update on 2024 state ballot measure certifications: 10 new measures, 11 pending signature verification, and one removed from ballot
For 2024, 127 statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 36 states, five more measures than the average (123) for this point in the election cycle from 2012 to 2022. The average number of statewide ballot measures certified for an even-numbered year during this period was 157. Here’s an update on the…
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Three candidates are running in the general election for Texas’ 15th Congressional District on November 5
Incumbent Monica De La Cruz (R), Michelle Vallejo (D), and Arthur DiBianca (L) are running in the general election for Texas’ 15th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. De La Cruz was first elected to the district in 2022 when she defeated Vallejo 53.3% to 44.8%. She previously ran for the seat in 2020 when…
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Three candidates are running for Wyoming’s At-Large U.S. House seat—the fewest since 2014
This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Wyoming was May 31, 2024. Three candidates are running for Wyoming’s one U.S. House district, including one Democrat and two Republicans. Nine candidates ran in 2022, five candidates ran in 2020, and five ran in 2018. Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings:…
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Trump maintains lead in PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market
As of June 25, 2024, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market shows former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.51 and President Joe Biden (D) at $0.48. Trump has held the lead in this market since May 16, 2024. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. The share price, which rises and falls…
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A look at Vermont’s 2024 state legislative primaries
Vermont has 25 contested state legislative primaries on August 13. In elections from 2010 to 2022, the average number of contested state legislative primaries was 18.1. There are 17 contested Democratic primaries and eight contested Republican primaries in 2024. That is the largest number of contested Republican primaries since Ballotpedia started tracking in 2010. The…
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Montana campaign submits signatures for initiative to provide a constitutional right to abortion
In Montana, a campaign filed around 117,000 signatures on June 21, 2024, for a ballot initiative to provide for a state constitutional right to abortion. To qualify for the ballot, 60,359 valid signatures are required. County clerks have until July 19 to verify the signatures and submit them to the secretary of state’s office. The…