Category: Newsletters
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #90
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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: It’s the holidays, and so we’ll be off next week to celebrate accordingly. We’ll return to your inbox again on Jan. 3, 2024. Thanks, as always, for reading, and we’ll see…
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Nearly half of seats in Kansas’ school board elections uncontested in 2023
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Welcome to the Wednesday, December 20, Brew. By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Nearly half of seats in Kansas’ school board elections uncontested in 2023 Ballotpedia covered every school board election in seven states on Nov. 7: Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington. We’re continuing…
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House committee issues more subpoenas related to ESG practices
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Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. ESG developments this week In Washington, D.C. House committee issues more subpoenas related to ESG practices The House Judiciary…
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2023 in review: state legislative activity on election administration
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Welcome to the Tuesday, December 19, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A year-end look at the state of election administration legislation In June, we published our report on trends in election administration legislation in the first half of the year, covering bill topics like ranked-choice…
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The field for the 2023 General Holiday Cookie Election is set!
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Welcome to the Monday, December 18, 2023, Brew. By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The field for the 2023 General Holiday Cookie Election is set! The polls closed last week for the 2023 Primary Holiday Cookie Election. It was a deliciously tough battle, with results…
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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, December 15, 2023
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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, legislative activity, and updates on notable lawsuits and policy changes. This is a special edition of The Ballot Bulletin, detailing our newly-released end-of-the year State of Election Administration…
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64% of Washington’s school board seats were uncontested on Nov. 7
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Welcome to the Friday, December 15, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 64% of Washington’s school board seats were uncontested last month Over the last few weeks, we’ve walked you through our research on Nov. 7 school board election data in Colorado, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia,…
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Final episode of our RCV deep dive: the origins of RCV and what comes next
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Welcome to the Thursday, December 14, 2023, Brew. By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Queens College Professor Jack Santucci discusses the history of RCV and what comes next for the electoral system in the final episode of our On the Ballot series This past week, On…
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Proposed labor rule defining requirements for investment advisers receives more than 5,000 comments
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Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. ESG developments this week In Washington, D.C. Proposed labor rule defining requirements for investment advisers receives more than 5,000…
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It's that time of year…Ballotpedia’s fifth annual Holiday Cookie election!
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Welcome to the Tuesday, December 12, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Polls open today for the official Holiday Cookie primary! The 2023 election cycle isn’t over just yet. In fact, the most mouthwatering one begins today! We’re stocking up on flour, breaking out the sprinkles,…