Category: Newsletters

  • Five states with candidate filing deadlines in the next week

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    By: David Luchs Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Candidates for state and federal office in New Mexico have until today to file; four more states have filing deadlines next week Candidate Connection update: One race reached 100% completion in the past week Election spotlight—Ohio U.S. Senate Republican primary Candidates…

  • Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #6

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    Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in the country’s 14,000 school districts.…

  • Redistricting remains in action

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    By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The latest redistricting news out of Maryland, Missouri, and Ohio Election spotlight—Nebraska gubernatorial Republican primary  Local law enforcement on the ballot in 2022  Redistricting remains in action Congressional redistricting has been completed for 84.8% U.S. House seats, 79.3% of state House…

  • Disclosure Digest: An overview of the arguments on donor disclosure and privacy

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    Welcome to The Disclosure Digest! Keep an eye out for new editions published on Tuesdays through June 2022.  An overview of the arguments on donor disclosure and privacy As part of our coverage of donor disclosure and privacy, Ballotpedia created a taxonomy of arguments supporting and opposinsg each side of the policy debate. The arguments…

  • Economy and Society: SEC set to impose environmental disclosure rules

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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. The SEC is finally set to impose environmental disclosure rules After nearly…

  • Checks and Balances: Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules blocks governor’s emergency rule

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    The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law. This edition:  In this month’s edition of Checks and Balances, we review the latest Supreme Court activity in challenges…

  • Day 1 of SCOTUS confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson

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    By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings are underway A summary of upcoming Supreme Court cases Fifty-one state legislative districts with no major party competition in North Carolina this year Day 1 of SCOTUS confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson The…

  • Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS concludes February sitting

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    Welcome to the March 21 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. Having survived both the Ides of March and a return to daylight saving time, we’re back this week for the start of SCOTUS’ March sitting. The cases…

  • Come volunteer for Ballotpedia

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    By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Help us solve the ballot information problem—become a volunteer today! Election spotlight—Oregon’s gubernatorial Democratic primary  #MondayTrivia Come volunteer for Ballotpedia Our primary goal at Ballotpedia is to solve what we call the ballot information problem. People want to participate in the…

  • ICYMI: Top stories of the week

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    Thirteen gubernatorial battleground elections this year Of the 36 states that will hold elections for governor in 2022, we’ve identified 13 as general election battlegrounds—elections we expect to have a meaningful effect on the balance of power in governments or to be particularly competitive or compelling. Read more Five measures certified for statewide ballots last…