Category: Newsletters
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Colorado becomes third state to vote on removing same-sex marriage ban from state constitution in November
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Welcome to the Friday, May 10, Brew. By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Colorado becomes third state to vote on removing same-sex marriage ban from state constitution in November Colorado voters will decide in November whether to remove a state constitutional provision that says “only a union…
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Five days until Nebraska’s primary
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Welcome to the Thursday, May 9, Brew. By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Five days until Nebraska’s primary Continuing our preview of May’s busy primary season, today we look at Nebraska, which is holding primaries for congressional, state legislative, state executive, and local offices on Tuesday, May…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #109
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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 anti-communist public school instruction In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on…
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Ballotpedia launches Administrative State Legislation Tracker
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Welcome to the Wednesday, May 8, Brew. By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Legislation Tracker Ballotpedia is excited to announce the launch of our Administrative State Legislation Tracker—a centralized hub that will help Ballotpedia users understand state-level administrative state reform activity across the country. …
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State Financial Officers Foundation launches two anti-ESG organizations
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ESG developments this week 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. In the states State Financial Officers Foundation launches two anti-ESG organizations The State Financial Officers…
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One week until Maryland’s primary
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Welcome to the Tuesday, May 7, 2024, Brew. By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: One week until Maryland’s primary Maryland is holding primaries for congressional and local offices on Tuesday, May 14. Voters will decide primaries for one member of the U.S. Senate and eight U.S. House…
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Three U.S. House districts in Indiana are open this year—a decade-high
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Welcome to the Monday, May 6, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Indiana voters to decide on primaries for congressional and state offices Indiana is holding primaries for congressional and state offices tomorrow. Here’s what voters can expect to see on their ballots. U.S. Senate Marc…
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The Ballot Bulletin, May 3, 2024
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States approved 17 election-related bills since our last edition, compared to 76 in 2023 and 18 in 2022 during the same period. 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 and recent legislative activity. We want…
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ICYMI: Top stories of the week
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Voters in Crook County, Oregon, to decide on an advisory measure to secede from the state Voters in Crook County, Oregon, will decide on an advisory measure on May 21 asking whether they support negotiations to incorporate the county into the state of Idaho. While the measure itself is advisory and would not change any…
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71% of the more than 4,500 local elections Ballotpedia covered in April were uncontested
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Welcome to the Friday, May 3, Brew. By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 71% of the more than 4,500 local elections Ballotpedia covered in April were uncontested As part of Ballotpedia’s growing coverage of the nation’s local elections (with a goal of eventually covering all of them),…