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Boston voters to decide Sept. 9 primary—76 years since an incumbent mayor lost
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Welcome to the Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Boston voters to decide Sept. 9 primary—76 years since an incumbent mayor lost Four candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary election for mayor of Boston on Sept. 9. The top two finishers…
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ICYMI: Top stories of the week
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California Legislature approves congressional redistricting amendment for November 2025 ballot On Aug. 21, California lawmakers approved and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation to put a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 4 ballot to redraw the state’s congressional districts. Under Proposition 50, California would use the congressional district map from Assembly Bill 604 (AB 604).…
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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, August 29, 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 36 bills state legislatures acted on in the past week. Weekly highlights The big takeaways from the…
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Lawmakers in 42 states have adopted or enacted 337 administrative state-related bills and resolutions in 2025
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Welcome to the Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Lawmakers in 42 states have adopted or enacted 337 administrative state-related bills and resolutions in 2025 Earlier this week, we looked at some of the data from our latest report on election administration…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #171
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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: The debate over school cellphone bans, as voiced by parents In this…
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ESG critic sworn in as U.S. ambassador to EU
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In this week’s edition of Economy and Society: Around the world US-EU trade agreement has ESG implications What’s the story? The United States and the European Union last week released a joint statement announcing they reached an agreement on trade and tariffs. Details have yet to be finalized, but the EU said it would make…
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Eight seats are open in this year’s state legislative elections—the fewest since 2011
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Welcome to the Tuesday, Aug. 26, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Eight seats are open in this year’s state legislative elections—the fewest since 2011 Eight seats are open in this year’s state legislative elections. That’s 4% of the 180 seats up for election—the lowest percentage…
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Robe & Gavel: The 2024-2025 term in review
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Welcome to the Aug. 25 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. I remember, I remember, The fir trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky: It was a childish ignorance,…
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California Legislature approves congressional redistricting amendment for November 2025 ballot
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Welcome to the Monday, August 25, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: California Legislature approves congressional redistricting amendment for November 2025 ballot On Aug. 21, California lawmakers approved and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation to put a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 4 ballot…
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ICYMI: Top stories of the week
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Nationwide mail-in ballot rejection rate was 1.2% in 2024, higher than in 2016 and 2020 On June 30, the Election Assistance Commission released the 2024 Election Administration and Voting Survey results. In Monday’s Brew, we analyzed the survey’s reporting on rejected mail-in ballots across all 50 states and U.S. territories in 2024 and compared these…