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  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Texas Senate advances amendments regarding relationship between parents, children, and educators Texas voters may decide two constitutional amendments regarding the relationship between parents, children, and educators come November. The Texas Senate recently approved Senate Joint Resolutions 29 (SJR 29) and 70 (SJR 70), described by proponents as parental rights amendments, which are now pending before…

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of April 24-April 28. Pennsylvania to hold special elections to—once again—determine control of state House Two special elections on May 16 will determine partisan control of the Pennsylvania House of…

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    33 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week Last week, 33 candidates filed to run for congressional and state offices—including for elections in 2023, 2024, 2024, and 2026. Two weeks ago, we tracked 27 candidates who declared for congressional and state offices.  So far this year, we’ve tracked 502 candidates who’ve filed to…

  • Voters to decide on possible changes to citizen-initiative process

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, April 18, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott and Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: North Dakota voters to decide changes to ballot measure process in 2024 Delaware approves amendment updating state legislative residency requirements 33 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week North…

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    North Dakota’s House passes veto override of ranked-choice voting ban On Monday, the North Dakota House of Representatives voted 71-17 to override Gov. Doug Burgum’s (R) veto of HB1273, a bill that would ban the use of approval and ranked-choice voting methods in the state. If a two-thirds majority in the Senate does the same,…

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    Florida voters may decide whether to make school board elections partisan On March 31, the Florida House of Representatives passed House Joint Resolution 31 (HJR 31), a constitutional amendment that would make elections to the state’s 67 school boards partisan.. School board members in Florida are elected by the voters of each county and serve…

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of March 27-March 31. Utah governor signs bill adopting new state flag, veto referendum filed against it Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed Senate Bill 31 (SB 31), establishing a…

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of March 20-March 24. Biden issues first veto of his presidency On March 20, President Joe Biden (D) vetoed the first legislation of his presidency, sending a measure back to…

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of March 13-March 17. More than 24,000 school board seats up for election in 2023 Nine-thousand school districts across 35 states (69% of the nation’s 13,500 public school districts, governed…

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    Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of March 6-March 10. Ballotpedia is covering more than 8,700 school board seats up for election across 28 states This might be an off-cycle election year for Congress and most…