Year: 2025

  • Majority in tied Pennsylvania House of Representatives at stake in the March 25 special election

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    Welcome to the Monday, March 17, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Majority in tied Pennsylvania House of Representatives at stake in the March 25 special election Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is evenly split due to a…

  • Idaho voters to decide on amendment preempting citizen-initiated marijuana and psychedelics legalization measures in 2026

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    Idaho voters will decide on a constitutional amendment saying that only the state legislature can legalize or regulate marijuana. This would mean that citizens cannot initiate measures to legalize marijuana in the state. Voters will vote on the amendment at the general election on Nov. 3, 2026. The amendment, House Joint Resolution 4 (HJR 4),…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    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 donating directly or indirectly to ballot measure committees. As a result, Wyoming became the 10th state to enact restrictions on foreign…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, March 14, 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 633 bills state legislatures acted on in the past week. Weekly highlights The big takeaways from the…

  • Six candidates are running in the Democratic primary for governor of New Jersey on June 10

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    Six candidates are running in the Democratic primary for governor of New Jersey on June 10, 2025. Those candidates are: Ras Baraka (D), Steve Fulop (D), Josh Gottheimer (D), Mikie Sherrill (D), Sean Spiller (D), and Stephen Sweeney (D). Incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy(D) is term-limited. Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Dan Cassino said the primary is “really wide open for any of the candidates, and that’s really unusual, to have a whole bunch of candidates who have a plausible path forward. It’s likely to…

  • State Street removes diversity goals

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    State Street removed corporate board diversity requirements from its 2025 proxy voting guidelines in a Feb. 28 update. Proxy voting refers to the process through which shareholders who do not physically attend corporate shareholder meetings vote on company issues such as executive pay packages, board membership, and other shareholder and management proposals. Typically, proxy voting…

  • Maine voters may decide on becoming 22nd state with an extreme risk protection order

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    Welcome to the Friday, March 14, 2025, Brew.  By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Maine voters may decide on becoming 22nd state with an extreme risk protection order Here’s an update on our Jan 27 story about an extreme risk protection order initiative in Maine. On March…

  • Utah voters to decide on two constitutional amendments regarding ballot measure processes

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    Welcome to the Thursday, March 13, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Utah voters to decide on two constitutional amendments regarding ballot measure processes On Nov. 3, 2026, Utah voters will decide on two constitutional amendments that could affect the state’s ballot measure processes. Today, we’ll…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #147

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving  school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy.  In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on the issues…

  • Utah constitutional amendment on publication requirements to appear on 2026 ballot after two amendments were removed for not meeting the requirement in 2024

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    The Utah State Legislature referred a constitutional amendment on March 7, 2025, regarding constitutional amendment publication requirements to the ballot for Nov. 3, 2026. In Utah, the existing publication requirement for a constitutional amendment requires each measure to be published for two months in at least one newspaper in every county in the state. The…