Author: Jerrick Adams

  • An update on public-sector union vaccine mandate responses

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    An update on public-sector union vaccine mandate responses In our Sept. 17 newsletter, we explored a number of public-sector union responses to COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Today, we’ll update you on notable developments on the national, state, and local levels.  AFGE response to federal vaccine mandate  On Sept. 9, President Joe Biden (D) signed Executive Order…

  • Public-sector workers file two joint petitions to Supreme Court

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    Public-sector workers file two joint petitions to Supreme Court Public-sector workers have filed two new joint petitions for writs of certiorari—requests for the Supreme Court to review a lower court’s ruling—in cases involving union opt-out windows. Also, five public-sector union cases are among the list of petitions the Supreme Court will consider in its conference…

  • U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear appeal over Washington law giving unions access to employee data

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    In our Oct. 1 edition, we detailed the petitions involving public-sector labor law pending in the U.S. Supreme Court at the start of the term. This week, we give an update on one of those cases.  U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear appeal over Washington law giving unions access to employee data  On Oct. 12,…

  • Union Station: Comments on proposed rule affecting union dues deductions

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    Organizations submit comments to CMS on proposed rule affecting union dues deductions  The comment period for a proposed regulation on whether states can deduct union dues from Medicaid payments to individual workers ended on Sept. 28. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) received feedback from 32 organizations and individuals during the eight-week comment…

  • Ballot Bulletin: California becomes eighth state to implement universal, automatic mail-in voting

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    Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local level. In this month’s issue: California becomes eighth state to implement universal, automatic mail-in voting Redistricting round-up: Oregon becomes the first state to enact congressional district maps after the 2020 census (and other news) Legislation update Have…

  • California becomes eighth state to implement universal, automatic mail-in voting

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    On Sept. 27, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed AB37 into law, making California the eighth state to provide for universal, automatic mail-in voting in all future elections. Under the law as enacted, local election officials must automatically deliver mail-in ballots to all registered voters. In addition, AB37 modified the mail-in ballot return deadline: ballots…

  • U.S. Supreme Court begins 2021-2022 term with 15 petitions to review public-sector union cases

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     The Supreme Court’s new term begins on Monday, Oct. 4. As of Oct. 1, appellants have filed petitions for writs of certiorari—requests for the Supreme Court to review a lower court’s ruling—in 15 of the public-sector union cases Ballotpedia is currently tracking. Next, the Supreme Court will decide whether it will hear these cases.  On…

  • Federal appeals court upholds Rhode Island donor disclosure law

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    On Sept. 14, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a 2012 Rhode Island donor disclosure law in Gaspee Project v. Mederos. The law requires organizations that spend more than $1,000 per year on independent expenditures or electioneering communications to file a report with the Board of Elections disclosing all…

  • Tax deduction for union dues included in budget plan

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    Tax deduction for union dues included in budget plan  A federal tax deduction for union dues is part of Democrats’ budget plan for fiscal year 2022.  About the union dues tax deduction On Sept. 15, the House Ways and Means Committee approved its portion of Democrats’ budget reconciliation package, the Build Back Better Act. Section…

  • North Carolina court strikes down voter ID law as unconstitutional

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    On Sept.17, 2021, a three-judge panel of the Wake County Superior Court ruled 2-1 that North Carolina’s voter ID law violates the state constitution. As a result, the court blocked enforcement of the law. The court found that “the evidence at trial [is] sufficient to show that the enactment of [the voter ID law] was…