Category: Newsletters
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #24
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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.…
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The Ballot Bulletin: August 3, 2022
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Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue: New Jersey enacts seven election administration bills Delaware enacts three election administration bills Legislation update: Legislation activity in July 2022 Have a question/feedback/or just want to say hello? Respond to this email,…
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Wait, Thursday primaries?
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Welcome to the Wednesday, August 3, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at Tennessee’s Aug. 4 primaries We’ve got Aug. 2 election results! Apply to join our Volunteer Fellows Program! A look at Tennessee’s Aug. 4 primaries Most of our team was up late…
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Economy and Society, August 2, 2022: Governor DeSantis bans ESG criteria in state pension fund management
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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., and around the world Proposed bill would clarify fiduciary duty of retirement…
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Number of special congressional elections at its second-highest level in three decades
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Welcome to the Tuesday, August 2, Brew. By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Number of special congressional elections reaches second-highest level in three decades It’s Election Day in six states Legislators are introducing more public-sector union bills this year Number of special congressional elections at its second-highest…
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Upcoming minimum wage ballot measures
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Welcome to the Monday, August 1, Brew. By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: An update on minimum wage ballot measures A look at Washington’s Aug. 2 primaries Four candidates running in Democratic gubernatorial primary in Florida An update on minimum wage ballot measures Welcome to August! We…
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ICYMI: Top stories of the week
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What amounts to a wave election in the U.S. House? We define a wave as the top fifth (20%) of elections from 1918-2016 in terms of losses for the incumbent president’s party. Under this definition, the president’s party must lose 48 seats in the U.S. House for an election to qualify as a wave. There…
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Election Legislation Weekly Digest: July 29, 2022
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Here is our weekly round-up on election-related legislation. In it, you’ll find the following information: Noteworthy bills: Here, we identify and report on the contents and legislative status of noteworthy bills. Recent activity: Here, we report on the number of bills acted on within the past week. The big picture: Here, we look at the…
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A look at state legislative wave election
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Welcome to the Friday, July 29, Brew. By: Douglas Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A look at state legislative wave elections Missouri’s upcoming August 2 primaries Previewing Memphis and Nashville’s August 4 local ballot measures A look at state legislative wave elections All this week, we’ve brought you…
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A brief history of wave elections
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Welcome to the Thursday, July 28, Brew. By: David Luchs Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A brief history of wave elections Looking ahead to Michigan’s primaries Primary watch: number of contested state legislative primaries is up 25% compared to 2020 A brief history of wave elections U.S. House waves…