President Donald Trump issues most executive orders in the first 100 days since 1933
Through March 25, President Donald Trump (R) issued 103 executive orders in his second presidential term. This is the most executive orders a president has issued during the first 100 days of an administration since at least 1933. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) issued the second-most during this timeframe, issuing 99 orders during the first 100 days of his first term in 1933. An executive order is a formal command handed down from the head of the executive branch of government to the administrative agencies within the executive branch.
Lawmakers have passed more election administration laws this year than they did in 2023 or 2024
With the first quarter of 2025 nearing its close and legislative sessions continuing across the country, we explored some data from our State of Election Administration Legislation 2025 Spring Report in Monday’s Daily Brew.
So far, in 2025, Ballotpedia has identified 3,505 election-related bills and resolutions. We identified 3,971 bills in 2024 and 3,734 in 2023.
The number of new election laws passed this year is slightly ahead of 2023, the last year when all 50 states held legislative sessions. For the third year in a row, states with a Republican trifecta have adopted the most bills to date.
Thirteen states have now banned ranked-choice voting
So far in 2025, governors in Wyoming and West Virginia have signed legislation banning the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV). Those states now join 11 others that have banned RCV statewide. Six of those states banned RCV in 2024.
In West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R) signed SB 490, while in Wyoming, Gov. Mark Gordon signed HB 165. Both governors signed the bills on March 18. The states’ new laws prohibit using RCV for any elections in either state. Neither state used RCV previously.
A comprehensive look at 189 years of ballot measures in North Carolina
In Thursday’s Brew, we looked at historical ballot measures in North Carolina. Our comprehensive inventory of North Carolina ballot measures spans from 1835, when the first statewide measure appeared on the ballot, to 2024.
In that time, North Carolinians decided on 202 measures, approving 147 and defeating 55 – a 72.8% approval rate.