Category: Newsletters

  • Tomorrow’s elections in Louisiana

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    Welcome to the Friday, November 12, Brew.  By: Doug Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Louisiana’s primary elections being held tomorrow Detroit voters approve entheogenic plants and reparations measures and reject measure on initiative appropriations #FridayTrivia: In what month will the first candidate filing deadlines of the 2022 election…

  • Reviewing the top 15 ballot measures of 2021

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    Welcome to the Thursday, November 11, Brew.  By: David Luchs Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Results for Ballotpedia’s top 15 ballot measures to watch in 2021 Recall of San Francisco district attorney makes ballot as mayor endorses recall of three school board members Don’t miss our Donor Disclosure webinar!…

  • Three cities approve ballot measures for ranked-choice voting

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    Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local level. In this month’s issue: Three cities approve ballot measures for ranked-choice voting Redistricting round-up: Eight states enact congressional, state legislative district maps (and other news) Legislation update Have a question/feedback/or just want to say hello? Respond…

  • Documenting America’s Path to Recovery: November 10, 2021

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    Welcome to Documenting America’s Path to Recovery. We’re posting this edition a day early to account for Veterans Day on Nov. 11.  Today we look at Pfizer’s request to give boosters to all American adults, extended coronavirus emergencies in Delaware and Tennessee, and other news since Nov. 4. We’ll also give the latest tracking on:…

  • The latest state, congressional redistricting news

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, November 10, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The latest redistricting news The cities that voted to adopt ranked-choice voting SCOTUS agrees to hear three new cases Congressional and state legislative redistricting update Here’s where congressional and state legislative redistricting efforts stand…

  • Economy and Society: Bank of America warns regulatory scrutiny could halt ESG growth

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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. FINRA Chair joins the regulatory chorus On November 3, CNBC released an…

  • Decade-high rate of state legislative incumbents defeated in 2021

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, November 9, Brew.  By: Doug Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Decade-high rate of state legislative incumbents defeated in 2021 Six police-related local ballot measures were decided on Nov. 2 One month until the first filing deadline for 2022 Decade-high rate of state legislative incumbents…

  • Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for November 1

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    Welcome to the inaugural edition of Robe & Gavel for Nov. 8! As you may recall from our previous edition, this newsletter has transformed from its previous name, Bold Justice. But don’t touch that dial! We’re still bringing you all the latest on the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings…

  • Mayoral partisanship in the country’s largest cities

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    Welcome to the Monday, November 8, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Mayoral partisanship in the top 100 cities  The status of 2021 school recall efforts An invitation to join our election analysis briefing on Nov. 10 Alabama’s and North Carolina’s new congressional, legislative district maps…

  • The State and Local Tap: This week’s state and local election highlights

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    Ballot Measures Update Nov. 2 review Voters in six states decided 24 statewide ballot measures on Nov. 2. Fourteen measures were approved, and 10 were defeated. Four of the measures were citizen initiatives, three were advisory questions about taxes in Washington, one was a bond issue for transportation, and the remaining 16 are legislatively referred…