Category: State
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Election legislation roundup: Texas State Senate
As of July 9, Ballotpedia has tracked 115 election-related bills in the Texas State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the 115, Ballotpedia tracked one from July 3-9. A bipartisan group of legislators sponsored the bill. The bill is: TX SJR35: Proposing a constitutional amendment clarifying that a voter must be a United…
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Election legislation roundup: Texas House of Representatives
As of July 9, Ballotpedia has tracked 189 election-related bills in the Texas House of Representatives since the beginning of the year. Of the 189, Ballotpedia tracked two from July 3-9. Democrats sponsored one, while Republicans sponsored the other. The two bills are: TX HB33: Relating to electronic voter registration, Rep. John Bucy (D). As introduced,…
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Governor Roy Cooper (D) vetoes five bills from July 3-9
Governor Roy Cooper (D) vetoed five bills from July 3-9. The five bills are below: S49, which would have “enumerate[ed] the rights of parents to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of their minor children.” Cooper said, “Parents are the most essential educators for their children and their involvement must be encouraged,…
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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: New Jersey roundup
New Jersey is holding elections, including for state legislative offices, on Nov. 7, 2023. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Below is a selection of responses from the candidates who…
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72 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week
Seventy-two people declared candidacies for federal or statewide offices in the past week, 20 fewer than last week. All of these candidates declared before their state’s official filing deadline. Twenty-five of those candidates were Democratic, while 43 were Republican. Four are minor-party candidates. Fifty-seven candidates are running for Congress, five for state legislatures, four for…
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District court judge blocks Florida election law
On July 3, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida issued a preliminary injunction blocking S7050, a Florida law making a variety of changes to the state’s elections, including regulating third-party voter registration organizations. The bill requires these organizations to provide a receipt to each applicant when accepting their application, prohibits…
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All 10 states with the largest percentages of open seats since 2010 have term limits
Since 2010, Ballotpedia has covered state legislative elections to 44,639 seats across all 50 states over 13 election cycles. During that time, 8,404 of those seats have been open, those where no incumbents ran for re-election. That represents 18.8% of all seats up for election between 2010 and 2022. The key determinant of the magnitude…
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Citizen initiative related to government borrowing for state entities and electric cooperatives will appear on Maine ballots in November
An initiative that would require voter approval of borrowing above $1 billion by state entities and electric cooperatives was certified to the Maine ballot and will go to voters for approval on Nov. 7, 2023. The No Blank Checks PAC is leading the campaign in support of the initiative. On Dec. 27, 2022, 93,000 signatures…
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Right to Repair initiative will appear on Maine ballots in November
A Right to Repair initiative will appear on the Maine ballot on Nov. 7, 2023. The initiative would allow car owners and independent repair facilities to have the same access to onboard diagnostic systems and wireless data that manufacturers and approved repair facilities have access to. According to The Repair Association, an organization advocating for…
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Election legislation roundup: New Jersey State Legislature
As of July 2, members of the New Jersey State Legislature, which includes the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey State Senate, have passed two bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Legislators passed the two bills during the week of June 26–July 2. Democrats sponsored the bills. The…