Year: 2025

  • Weekly Brew: December 5, 2025

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    Miami becomes the 59th of the 100 most populous cities to establish mayoral term limits On Nov. 4, Miami, Florida, became the 59th of the 100 most populous cities in the country to limit the terms of its mayor after the voters approved Referendum 4. Voters approved the measure 79% to 21%. Fifty-nine of the…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia's Weekly Digest on Election Administration, December 5, 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 12 bills state legislatures acted on in the past week. Weekly highlights The big takeaways from the…

  • Three states certify 2026 ballot measures on citizenship voting requirements

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    Welcome to the Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, Brew.  By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Three states certify 2026 ballot measures on citizenship voting requirements In 2026, voters in up to seven states could decide on ballot measures establishing citizenship voting requirements in elections. Three states have already…

  • Ballot measures to change election systems proposed in seven states for 2026

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    Voters in seven states, including Kansas, where a measure is already certified, may consider election-related ballot measures in 2026. The certified and potential measures are detailed by status below. On the ballot The Kansas State Legislature voted earlier this year to send a constitutional amendment to the Aug. 6, 2026, primary ballot that would provide…

  • Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards to face off in Jan. 31 runoff election in Texas' 18th Congressional District

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    Christian Menefee (D) and Amanda Edwards (D) are the candidates in the runoff general election for Texas' 18th Congressional District on Jan. 31, 2026. Menefee and Edwards advanced to the runoff after no candidate received an outright majority in the special election on Nov. 4, 2025. In that election, Menefee received 28.9% of the vote…

  • Matt Van Epps (R) won the special election for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District

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    Matt Van Epps (R) won the special election for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District on December 2, 2025. Van Epps received 53.8% of the vote to Aftyn Behn's (D) 45.2%. Van Epps, Behn, and four independent candidates ran in the election. The special election filled the vacancy created when the former incumbent, Rep. Mark Green (R),…

  • Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary for Texas' 9th Congressional District on March 3, 2026

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    Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary for Texas' 9th Congressional District on March 3, 2026. The filing deadline is December 8, 2025. Two candidates lead in media attention, fundraising, and endorsements: Briscoe Cain (R) and Alex Mealer (R). Incumbent Al Green (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Texas' 18th Congressional District…

  • Eight marijuana and psychedelics-related ballot measures could be on the ballot in 2026

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    Welcome to the Thursday, Dec. 4, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Eight marijuana and psychedelics-related ballot measures could be on the ballot in 2026 Heading into the 2026 elections, we’re taking a look at some of the themes we're seeing in potential ballot measures. So…

  • South Dakota is the latest state to indicate participation in the federal education tax credit scholarship program

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    What's the story? On Nov. 14, South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden (R) announced that the state would participate in the U.S. school choice tax credit scholarship program, which the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) established when President Trump (R) signed the bill into law in July. The program is a nonrefundable tax credit that…