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  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    More than 2,500 election-related bills were introduced in state legislatures this year Ballotpedia tracked 2,534 election-related bills in 45 states this year. This comes as part of our Election Administration Legislation Tracker, which keeps tabs on the latest election-related legislation nationwide.  Most of these bills—1,714, or 68%—have had no activity, meaning they were introduced, but…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #42

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. A note to readers: It’s the holidays, and so we’ll be off next week to celebrate accordingly. We’ll return to your inbox again on Jan. 4, 2023. Thanks, as always, for reading, and we’ll see…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    An update on 2022 state legislative leadership elections As of Thursday, we’ve identified the results of 153 legislative leadership elections: 81 leaders were re-elected in 30 states. Oregon, Iowa, and Idaho have had the most leaders re-elected, with five apiece. Oregon is a Democratic trifecta, while Iowa and Idaho are Republican trifectas.  72 new legislative…

  • The Ballot Bulletin, December 2022

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    Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue: Election-related ballot measures in the 2022 general election New York State Legislature passes two election bills Legislation update: Legislation activity in November 2022 Have a question/feedback/or just want to say hello? Respond…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #41

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. In today’s edition, you’ll find: On the issues: The debate over teachers’ union leadership Where the nine governors-elect stand on education Extracurricular: education news from around the web Candidate Connection survey Reply to this email…

  • Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for Dec. 1

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    Welcome to the Dec. 12 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. Dear readers, we have come to Day 12 of Month 12 of 2022, and my stars, what a year it has been! We are closing in on…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    SCOTUS hears Moore v. Harper election administration case The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Moore v. Harper on Dec. 7, the last day of its December sitting. Moore v. Harper concerns the elections clause in Article I, section 4, of the U.S. Constitution and whether state legislatures alone are empowered to regulate federal…

  • Election Legislation Weekly Digest: December 9, 2022

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    Here is our weekly round-up on election-related legislation. In it, you’ll find the following information:  Noteworthy bills: Here, we identify and report on the contents and legislative status of noteworthy bills.  Recent activity: Here, we report on the number of bills acted on within the past week.  The big picture: Here, we look at the…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #40

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. In today’s edition, you’ll find: On the issues: The debate over homework In your district: philosophy of education School board filing deadlines, election results, and recall certifications Campaign for initiative to allow municipalities to create…

  • Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS concludes December sitting

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    Welcome to the Dec. 5 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. It is the last week of our December sitting, dear readers, and we have a lot to cover. Let’s dig in, shall we? Follow Ballotpedia on Twitter…