Year: 2025

  • 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…

  • 44 governors have given their state of the state addresses so far this year

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    Welcome to the Friday, March 7, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 44 governors have given their state of the state addresses so far this year In the March 4 Brew, we told you about President Donald Trump’s (R) first address to a joint session of…

  • European Commission proposes ESG reporting rollback

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    The European Commission unveiled a proposal to scale back ESG reporting requirements under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Germany and France urged the Commission to ease CSRD requirements, arguing that they undermine EU companies’ competitiveness, especially as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has paused its reporting rules. The proposal would exempt up…

  • Update on 2025 and 2026 ballot measure certifications: South Dakota certifies amendment to condition Medicaid expansion on federal funding

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    The number of certified ballot measures for 2025 and 2026 is trending above the average as of March 5, 2025. For 2025, six statewide ballot measures have been certified in three states—Louisiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Six is one measure more than the average of five for this point in an odd-numbered-year election cycle since 2010.…

  • Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for March 2025

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    In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from February 2, 2025, to March 1, 2025. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS New vacancies There were 43 vacancies out of 870 active Article III judicial positions, a total vacancy percentage of 4.9,…

  • Trump has yet to appoint any federal judges 40 days into his first year of his second term

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    President Donald Trump (R) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed no Article III federal judges through March 1, 2025, of the first year of his second term in office. The average number of federal judges appointed by previous presidents through March 1 of his first year in office is zero. The Senate had confirmed…