Author: Juan Garcia de Paredes

  • Election Day 2023 is here!

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, November 7, 2023, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Happy Election Day! Election Day 2023 is here! If you haven’t voted yet, check out our resources on everything to do with today’s election, including when and where to vote, and…

  • Nancy Landry and Gwen Collins-Greenup are running in the Nov. 18 general election for Louisiana Secretary of State

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    Nancy Landry (R) and Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) are running in the Nov. 18 general election for Louisiana Secretary of State. Incumbent Kyle Ardoin (R) did not run for re-election. Louisiana’s Secretary of State is the state’s chief election officer. According to Louisiana Illuminator’s Greg LaRose, the winner of the 2023 election “should expect a fairly…

  • 2023 ballot measure qualification costs higher than the average for the previous five odd-year cycles

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    Welcome to the Thursday November 2, 2023, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 2023 ballot measure qualification costs higher than the average for the previous five odd-year cycles   We’re less than a week away from Nov. 7, when voters in Maine and Ohio will…

  • Eighteen candidates are running for nine seats on the Loudoun County Public Schools board on Nov. 7

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    Eighteen candidates are running for all nine seats on the Loudoun County Public Schools school board in Virginia on Nov. 7, 2023. The school district, located northwest of Washington D.C., had approximately 81,131 students as of the 2020-21 school year, making it the third largest school district in Virginia. School board members are elected to…

  • Beshear’s campaign outspends Cameron’s 4-1 ahead of the Nov. 7 Kentucky gubernatorial election

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    Two weeks before the Nov. 7 Kentucky gubernatorial election, incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear’s (D) campaign had raised nearly three times and spent more than four times the amount Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) had since the May 16 primaries, according to the most recent campaign finance reports filed on Oct. 25. The reports, filed with…

  • North Carolina codifies semi-closed primary system

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    Welcome to the Monday, October 30, 2023, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: North Carolina lawmakers codify semi-closed primary system Earlier this month, North Carolina lawmakers changed the state’s election law to give unaffiliated voters the right to participate in partisan primaries – in…

  • Six candidates are running for three seats on the Wichita Public Schools school board in Kansas on Nov. 7

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    Six candidates are running in the nonpartisan general election for three seats on the Wichita Public Schools school board in Kansas on November 7, 2023.  Wichita Public Schools (WPS) is the largest school district in Kansas by enrollment, with 46,657 students during the 2021-2022 school year. The school board consists of seven members elected to…

  • Ballotpedia exclusive – our 2023 readability report on ballot measures

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    Welcome to the Monday October 23, 2023, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 2023 statewide ballot measures written at graduate school reading level Since 2017, we’ve reported on ballot measure readability. Our 7th edition of this report assesses the level of education voters would…

  • School board deep dives continued—to Pennsylvania we go!

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    Welcome to the Thursday, October 19, 2023, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Previewing the Central Bucks School District races in Pennsylvania Thousands of school board members will be elected in races across the country on Nov. 7. Over the past few weeks, we’ve…

  • Landry and Collins-Greenup advance to the general election for Louisiana Secretary of State

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    Nancy Landry (R) and Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) advanced from the all-party primary for Louisiana secretary of state on Oct. 14, 2023. Landry received 19.4% of the vote, followed by Collins-Greenup with 19.2%. Incumbent Kyle Ardoin (R) did not run for re-election. Louisiana’s secretary of state is the state’s chief election officer. According to Louisiana Illuminator’s Greg LaRose,…