Year: 2025

  • Utah legislature refers a constitutional amendment to 2026 ballot that would require initiatives making tax changes to receive a 60% vote of approval

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    The Utah State Legislature approved Senate Joint Resolution 2 on March 6, referring a constitutional amendment to the ballot for Nov. 3, 2026. SJR 2 would require citizen-initiated ballot measures to receive at least 60% voter approval to enact certain tax-related changes, including (a) imposing a new tax; (b) expanding an existing tax to apply…

  • South Dakota voters to decide on citizenship voting requirement amendment in 2026 after eight states approved similar measures in 2024

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    The South Dakota State Legislature voted to send a constitutional amendment to the 2026 ballot that would provide that noncitizens of the United States are disqualified from voting in any election in the state. This will be the 15th statewide ballot measure related to citizenship voting requirements since 2018. In 2024, eight states approved similar…

  • A special election for District 35 of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will determine majority control

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    Dan Goughnour (D), Charles Davis (R), and Adam Kitta (L) are running in the special election for District 35 of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on March 25, 2025. Incumbent Rep. Matthew Gergely (D) died on January 19. Gergely’s death left the state House tied 101-101. Before his death, Democrats controlled the House 102-101. Goughnour…

  • Wyoming is 10th state to enact a ban on foreign nationals contributing to ballot measure campaigns

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    Wyoming is the 10th state to enact restrictions on foreign contributions to ballot measure campaigns. On March 6, Gov. Mark Gordon (R) signed House Bill 337 (HB 337), banning foreign nationals from donating directly or indirectly to ballot measure committees. The other nine states are California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota,…

  • Wyoming gov. vetoes bill allowing state legislators to nullify agency rules

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    What’s the story? Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon (R) vetoed Senate File (SF) 0127 on March 4, 2025. The bill was designed to create a process for legislators to disapprove of and nullify executive agency regulations.  Wyoming has a Republican trifecta. The final version of SF127 approved by the legislature was designed to require the Wyoming…

  • Wyoming becomes the 10th state to ban foreign nationals from contributing to ballot measure campaigns

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, March 11, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Wyoming becomes the 10th state to ban foreign nationals from contributing to ballot measure campaigns On March 6, Gov. Mark Gordon (R) signed House Bill 0337 (HB 337) into law, banning foreign nationals from…

  • Democrats lost 92 state legislative seats under Biden—their 44% share is 10 points below the century average

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    Welcome to the Monday, March 10, Brew.  By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Democrats lost 92 state legislative seats during Biden’s presidency. Their current 44% of seats nationwide is 10 percentage points fewer than the century average Brew readers may recall that we’ve analyzed several data points…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, March 7, 2025

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    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.  In this week’s Ballot Bulletin, we cover 643 bills state legislatures acted on in the past week. Weekly highlights The big takeaways from the…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    30 states have adopted English as an official language—11 through ballot measures—since 1920 On March 1, President Donald Trump (R) issued an executive order “[designating] English as the official language of the United States.” While the federal government had never established an official national language before, 30 states have designated English as their official language.…

  • 32% of last February’s elections were uncontested

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    Throughout February, Ballotpedia covered 346 elections in 15 states, 32% of which were uncontested. The rate has increased since January when 24% of the 25 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…