Year: 2025

  • Indiana voters to decide on amendment expanding residency options for city and town court judges in 2026

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    The Indiana State Legislature gave final approval to a constitutional amendment requiring city and town court judges to reside in either the county where the court is located or the bordering county closest to the court. Currently, city and town court judges must live in the city or town where the court is located. The…

  • Louisiana voters to decide on four constitutional amendments addressing taxes, courts, and criminal justice on March 29

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    On March 29, Louisiana voters will decide on four constitutional amendments that address tax policy, judicial procedures, and juvenile justice laws. A two-thirds vote in each legislative chamber was required to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot. All four of the amendments were passed with 100% of Republican legislators in favor while most Democrats…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, March 21, 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 605 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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    Idaho voters to decide on an amendment prohibiting marijuana citizen initiatives in 2026 On Nov. 3, 2026, Idaho voters will decide on a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment to prohibit citizen initiatives that would legalize marijuana. The proposed amendment says that only the Legislature can legalize or regulate marijuana, narcotics, and other psychoactive substances. The amendment, House…

  • A New Mexico constitutional amendment could make it the 38th state without a pocket veto

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    Welcome to the Friday, March 21, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Correction: In the March 19 Brew, we said that Congress had passed two resolutions of disapproval nullifying Biden-era federal agency rules on environment and energy but that Trump had not signed them yet as of March 17. Trump signed both resolutions on March 14. Here’s…

  • President Trump issues four new administrative state-related executive orders

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    Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include Congress passing resolutions to nullify Biden rules and the Wyoming legislature overriding the governor’s veto to enact a bill allowing legislative review of agency regulations.  In Washington SCOTUS: state administrative process delays cannot block challenges in state courts What’s the story? The United States Supreme Court…

  • 2025 and 2026 ballot measure totals trend above averages for odd and even years

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    Welcome to the Thursday, March 20, Brew.  By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 2025 and 2026 ballot measure totals trend above averages for odd and even years Each month, Ballotpedia brings you updates on the latest developments in the world of ballot measures.  As of March 18,…

  • First ranked-choice voting ballot measure of 2025 to be decided in Skokie, Illinois, on April 1

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    Voters in Skokie, Illinois, will decide on a ballot initiative to adopt ranked-choice voting (RCV) for municipal elections on April 1. This will be the first RCV-related ballot measure decided in 2025. Since 1915, there have been more than 150 ballot measures to adopt or repeal ranked-choice voting systems. Ashtabula, Ohio, was the first jurisdiction…

  • Update on 2025 and 2026 ballot measure certifications: Seven new measures in four states for 2026

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    The number of certified ballot measures for 2025 and 2026 is trending above the average as of March 18, 2025. For 2025, six statewide ballot measures have been certified in three states—Louisiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Six is one more than the average of five for this point in an odd-numbered-year election cycle since 2010. For…

  • Six members of Congress have announced they will not seek re-election in 2026

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    With 20 months to go until the 2026 midterm elections, six members of Congress—four senators and two representatives—have announced that they will not seek re-election that year. We’ll explain how these figures compare to previous years and what they tell us about the state of play for both parties in 2026. U.S. Senate Since our…