Author: Samuel Wonacott

  • What’s on the ballot next week in Illinois

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    By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Clarification: In the March 13 Brew, we wrote that the Alaska Repeal Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative was certified for the Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot. We should have said the initiative qualified for the ballot. While the initiative will appear…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #101

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over sex education curriculum In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on the…

  • 46% of the elections Ballotpedia covered in February were uncontested

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    Welcome to the Friday, March 8, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Forty-six percent of the elections Ballotpedia covered in February were uncontested  As part of Ballotpedia’s growing coverage of the nation’s local elections (with a goal of eventually covering all of them), we will be…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #100

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over reading instruction in California In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #99

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over open enrollment in Missouri  In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on…

  • 2,000+ election-related bills so far in 2024

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    Welcome to the Friday, February 23, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Eight states have adopted 14 election-related laws this year  Every year, state legislators introduce thousands of bills that affect the most basic functions of our civic life. From how we register to vote, when…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #98

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. A note to readers: I’ll be in Dallas this weekend for the Consortium of State School Boards Associations’ (COSSBA) annual conference. If you’re attending the conference and would like to connect, reply to this email…

  • Previewing today’s Wisconsin’s primaries

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, February 20, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Wisconsin’s spring primaries are today—here is what’s on the ballot  This year, voters in Wisconsin will have four statewide election dates on which to cast ballots, and the first is today, Feb. 20. Today’s…

  • Ballotpedia to cover nearly 10,000 school board elections in 2024

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    Welcome to the Friday, February 16, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott There will be no Brew on Monday, Feb. 19, in observance of President’s Day. We’ll see you back in your inboxes on Feb. 20. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Ballotpedia to cover nearly half the country’s school board elections…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #97

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    Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. In today’s edition, you’ll find: Reply to this email to share reactions or story ideas! On the issues: The debate over school discipline In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on the issues…