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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, September 13, 2024
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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) signed one election-related bill this week. 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 four bills state legislatures have acted…
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Battleground races where all candidates took the Ballotpedia candidate survey
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Welcome to the Friday, Sept. 13, Brew. By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Three marquee races have 100% Candidate Connection survey response rates From now until Election Day, we’ll bring you coverage of marquee races where all candidates completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. Our survey responses allow…
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79 percent of August’s elections were uncontested
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Welcome to the Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 Brew. By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 79 percent of August’s elections were uncontested Each month, Ballotpedia publishes an article detailing the number and percentage of uncontested races in the previous month. Throughout August, Ballotpedia covered 11,320 elections in 21…
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Harris and Trump face off for the first time in second presidential debate
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Welcome to the Tuesday, Sept. 10, Brew. By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Harris and Trump face off for the first time in second presidential debate ABC News will host a second presidential debate tonight, Sept. 10. It will be the first debate between Vice President Kamala…
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Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for September 2024
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Welcome to the Sept. 9 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. We hope you’ve been enjoying your summer, dear reader. Fall is almost upon us, and next month, the SCOTUS 2024-2025 term officially begins. Are you excited? Good.…
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A record-low number of contested state legislative primaries to take place in Rhode Island on Sept. 10
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Welcome to the Monday, Sept. 9, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A record-low number of contested state legislative primaries to take place in Rhode Island on Sept. 10 The final statewide primary day of the season is tomorrow, Sept. 10. Rhode Island is holding congressional…
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ICYMI: Top stories of the week
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The final batch of primaries kicked off Sept. 3 in Massachusetts On Sept. 3, Massachusetts voters chose nominees for one U.S. Senate seat and nine U.S. House districts. Democrats occupy both U.S. Senate seats and represent all nine U.S. House districts. Eight seats on the Governor’s Council and all 200 seats of the Massachusetts General…
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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, September 5, 2024
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All 22 bills with activity over the previous week were in states with Democratic trifectas. 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 22 bills…
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New Ballotpedia report: State legislators enact close to a quarter million bills since 2011
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Welcome to the Friday, Sept. 6, Brew. By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: State legislators enacted close to a quarter million pieces of legislation since 2011 State legislators have enacted nearly a quarter million bills across all 50 states since 2011. In a new joint report with…
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Judge issues injunction against Ohio legislation that would have prohibited lawful permanent residents from contributing to ballot measure campaigns
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Welcome to the Thursday, Sept. 5, Brew. By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Judge issues injunction against Ohio legislation that would have prohibited lawful permanent residents from contributing to ballot measure campaigns U.S. District Court Judge Michael Watson issued an injunction on Aug. 31 against a provision…