Category: State
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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Texas school board roundup
Texas is holding elections, including for school boards, on May 6, 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 filled out…
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Parties settle in Colorado voter registration lawsuit
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) and advocacy group Judicial Watch agreed to settle a lawsuit over the state’s voter registration list maintenance on March 31, 2023. The group originally filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in October 2020. Judicial Watch alleged Colorado did not maintain voter rolls as…
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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Texas roundup
Texas is holding elections, including for boards of trustees, on May 6, 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 filled…
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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Texas municipal roundup
Texas is holding elections, including for municipal offices, on May 6, 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 filled out…
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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Kentucky roundup
Kentucky is holding elections, including for state treasurer, on May 16, 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 filled out…
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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Indiana roundup
Indiana is holding elections, including for municipal offices, on May 2, 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 filled out…
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Daniel Knodl (R) wins special general election for Wisconsin State Senate District 8, Senate Republicans regain supermajority
Daniel Knodl (R) defeated Jodi Habush Sinykin (D) in the special general election for Wisconsin State Senate District 8 on April 4, 2023. Knodl received 50.9% of the vote to Habush Sinykin’s 49.1%. Once Knodl is sworn in, Senate Republicans will have a 22-member supermajority, giving the party the votes necessary to speed up the…
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State supreme courts issued 131 opinions between March 27 and April 2
State supreme courts issued 131 opinions between March 27 and April 2. The North Dakota Supreme Court 17 opinions, the most of any state, followed by Texas (court of criminal appeals) with 14 and West Virginia with nine. Last week’s 131 opinions account for 8% of the year-to-date total of 1,640. Pennsylvania leads with 115…
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Election legislation roundup: Texas House of Representatives
As of April 2, Ballotpedia has tracked 177 election-related bills in the Texas House of Representatives since the beginning of the year. Of the 177, Ballotpedia tracked 83 from March 27-April 2. Republicans sponsored 52, while Democrats sponsored 31. Five of 83 bills are below: TX HB1269: Relating to the deadline for an early voting…
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Election legislation roundup: North Carolina House of Representatives
As of April 2, Ballotpedia has tracked 20 election-related bills in the North Carolina House of Representatives since the beginning of the year. Of the 20, Ballotpedia tracked one from March 27-April 2. Republicans sponsored the bill. The bill is: NC H485: Provisional Ballot/Same-Day Registration, Reps. Hugh Blackwell (R), Mike Clampitt (R), George Cleveland (R),…