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  • Election legislation roundup: Florida State Legislature

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    As of June 18, members of the Florida State Legislature, which includes the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida State Senate, have passed seven bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those seven bills, legislators passed four during the week of June 12-18. Republicans sponsored the four bills. The…

  • Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: New York roundup

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    New York is holding elections, including for judicial and municipal offices, on June 27, 2023, and Nov. 7, 2023, respectively. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Below is a selection…

  • All candidates for Virginia House of Delegates District 15 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    All three candidates running in the June 20 Democratic primary election for Virginia House of Delegates District 15  — Laura Jane Cohen (D), Eric Schmidt (D), and Henri’ Thompson (D)  — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Here are…

  • State supreme courts issued 257 opinions from May 29-June 11

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    State supreme courts issued 257 opinions from May 29-June 11. The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia led the field with 27 opinions issued, followed by Mississippi with 20 and Delaware with 19. The last two weeks’ 257 opinions account for 9% of the year-to-date total of 3,013. West Virginia, again, leads with 228…

  • Election legislation roundup: Texas House of Representatives

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    As of June 11, Ballotpedia has tracked 188 election-related bills in the Texas House of Representatives since the beginning of the year. Of the 188, Ballotpedia tracked two from June 5-11. Democrats sponsored one, while Republicans sponsored the other. The two bills are below:    TX HB22: Relating to electronic voter registration, Rep. John Bucy (D). As…

  • Election legislation roundup: New York State Assembly

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    As of June 11, Ballotpedia has tracked 182 election-related bills in the New York State Assembly since the beginning of the year. Of the 182, Ballotpedia tracked one from June 5-11. Democrats sponsored the bill. The one bill is below:    NY A07690: Relates to the presidential primary, to provide for the election of delegates to…

  • Election legislation roundup: New York State Senate

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    As of June 11, Ballotpedia has tracked 160 election-related bills in the New York State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the 160, Ballotpedia tracked one from June 5-11. Democrats sponsored the bill. The one bill is below:    NY S07550: Relates to the presidential primary, to provide for the election of delegates to…

  • Election legislation roundup: North Carolina State Senate

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    As of June 11, Ballotpedia has tracked 13 election-related bills in the North Carolina State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the 13, Ballotpedia tracked two from June 5-11. Republicans sponsored one, while Democrats sponsored the other. The two bills are below: NC S747: Elections Law Changes, Sens. Kevin Corbin (R), Warren Daniel…

  • Incumbents defeated in Texas city council runoff elections

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    The nonpartisan general runoff elections in city councils in San Antonio, Irving, Fort Worth, and Dallas, Texas, were on June 10, 2023. The general elections were held on May 6, and the filing deadline to run was on Feb. 17.  At least two incumbents lost their re-election bids. Results were as follows: San Antonio City…

  • Trump maintains lead in 2024 Republican presidential primary polling and PredictIt market

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    As of June 13, 2023, former President Donald Trump (R) leads in both RealClearPolitics’ (RCP) Republican presidential primary polling average and PredictIt’s Republican presidential primary market. Trump’s polling average currently stands at 53%, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at 22%. No other candidate has more than a 10% polling average. In PredictIt’s Republican…