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  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #138

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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 eighth-grade algebra In this section, we curate reporting, analysis,…

  • First initiative certified for the ballot in Wyoming since 1996

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, Jan. 8, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: First initiative certified for the ballot in Wyoming since 1996 On Jan. 2, Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray (R) certified a citizen initiative regarding property taxes for the 2026 general election ballot. This…

  • Banks exit net-zero alliance

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    In this week’s edition of Economy and Society: Around the world GFANZ announces restructuring What’s the story? The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net-Zero (GFANZ) has announced restructuring plans, including an initiative to expand participation to all financial institutions seeking guidance on climate-related plans and goals. Previously, the group limited participation to institutions that joined one…

  • Inside the battle to be Texas State House Speaker

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, Jan. 7, Brew.  By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Inside the battle to be Texas State House speaker  When new members of the Texas House of Representatives are sworn in on Jan. 14, they will elect their next speaker. Dustin Burrows (R) and…

  • In the largest U.S. cities and throughout California voters decided a record number of local ballot measures last year

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    Welcome to the Monday, Jan. 6, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: In the largest cities and throughout California voters decided on a record number of local ballot measures last year Voters in the top 100 largest cities in the U.S. and throughout California decided on…

  • The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, Jan. 3, 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 38 bills state legislatures acted on in the past week. Weekly highlights The big takeaways from the…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    The 2024 Cookie Election winner… Sugar Cookie This year’s Cookie Election was close enough to have many of us hanging on the edge of our seats. With 100% of precincts reporting, a winner has emerged: Sugar Cookie wins Ballotpedia’s 2024 Holiday Cookie Election with 29.5% of the vote. Here are the final results as of…

  • 44% of December’s elections were uncontested

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    Throughout December, Ballotpedia covered 123 elections in 13 states, 44% of which were uncontested. That’s down from November, when 65% of the 40,710 covered were uncontested. Ballotpedia defines an uncontested election as one where the number of candidates running is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. This analysis does…

  • Lawmakers have pre-filed 103 election administration bills since Dec. 10

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    Welcome to the Thursday, Dec. 19, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Lawmakers have pre-filed 103 election administration bills since Dec. 10 In the past week, Lawmakers have pre-filed an additional 103 election administration bills in 10 states. That brings the 2025 total so far to…

  • Looking ahead at 2025 ranked-choice voting legislation

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    More bills pre-filed or carried over to 2025 legislative sessions would adopt ranked-choice voting (RCV) than would ban it, but their path to becoming law remains uncertain.  Ranked-choice voting was one of the hottest election policy topics of 2024, both in state legislative sessions and on voters’ ballots. Six states banned RCV, more than in…