Category: State
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Bice defeats Neese to win Republican nomination in Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District
Stephanie Bice defeated Terry Neese to win the Republican nomination in Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District on August 25. As of 9:45 p.m. Central Time on election night, Bice had 53% of the vote to Neese’s 47%. The two advanced to a runoff after no candidate won a majority of the vote in the June 30…
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Two Wyoming Supreme Court justices seek retention in November
Wyoming Supreme Court Justices Lynne Boomgaarden and Kari Gray are standing for retention election on November 3, 2020. Both Boomgaarden and Gray were appointed by former Wyoming Governor Matt Mead (R). Mead appointed all five of the justices currently on the court. The governor appoints the five justices of the Wyoming Supreme Court with the…
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Uber and Lyft to continue rideshare operations in California ahead of Proposition 22 vote
California residents still have access to Uber and Lyft. On August 20, the California First District Court of Appeal stayed a superior court judge’s decision, effectively allowing rideshare companies Uber and Lyft to continue operating in the state ahead of a vote on Proposition 22 on November 3. Prop 22 would define app-based drivers as…
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Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice to retire in January 2021
Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Coats is retiring in January 2021, when he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 72. Coats joined the court in 2000 after being appointed by Gov. Bill Owens (R). Before that, he was an appellate deputy district attorney for the Colorado 2nd Judicial District from 1986 to 2000. He was the…
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Texas State Senate District 30 special election
A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 30 seat in the Texas State Senate on September 29, 2020. There is no primary, and the filing deadline is on August 28.
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Ballotpedia study shows that 46 states allow administrative agencies to choose whether to follow formal adjudication procedures
A Ballotpedia study of all 50 state constitutions and administrative procedure acts (APAs) showed that 46 state constitutions or APAs allow administrative agencies to choose whether to follow formal adjudication procedures in administrative hearings, as of August 2020. Those states allow administrative agencies to settle these cases informally with fewer procedural safeguards than the formal…
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Oklahoma to hold primary runoffs on August 25
Oklahoma’s statewide primary runoff is scheduled for August 25, 2020. Tulsa’s general election is scheduled for the same day. Oklahoma’s statewide primary was on June 30, 2020. If no candidate received a majority of the vote in the primary, the top two vote-getters advanced to the primary runoff. The runoff winners will advance to the…
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Voters decide state legislative races in three states
Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming held statewide primaries on August 18, 2020. Candidates competed to advance to the general election scheduled for November 3. There were 265 state legislative seats up for election, including 45 state Senate seats, and 220 state House seats. The following information was current as of August 20. At that time, some…
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Commission to redesign Mississippi state flag will decide among five finalists on September 2
At the election on November 3, 2020, Mississippi voters will be shown a colored picture of a new proposed state flag. The proposed flag cannot include the Confederate Battle Flag and must include the words “In God We Trust.” Electors will vote “Yes” to adopt the new flag or “No” to oppose adopting the new flag. If the new…
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Ballotpedia study shows that every state allows administrative agencies to impose monetary penalties without a court order
A Ballotpedia survey of all 50 states showed that no state constitutions or Administrative Procedure Acts (APAs), as of May 2020, require administrative agencies to get a court order before imposing monetary penalties as a result of adjudication proceedings. Those state constitutions and APAs let agencies impose penalties without involving the judicial branch of the…