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All 11 Jacksonville City Council members who filed for re-election won following general runoff
All 19 Jacksonville City Council seats were up for election in 2019. Fourteen races were decided outright in the general election on March 19, but five advanced to a runoff election held on May 14. Those seats were At-large Positions 1 and 3 and Districts 8, 10, and 14. Eleven of 19 incumbents filed…
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How much does it cost to register a car in each state?
As of May 2019, the range for vehicle registration costs in the 45 states with a fixed cost (rather than variable) was between $8 and $225. The cost for a title in those states ranged from $3 to $100. Five states had variable costs based on either the MSRP or the age and weight of…
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President Trump's total confirmed judges moves past 100
This week, the U.S. Senate confirmed five judicial nominees to U.S. District Courts. The Senate has now confirmed 102 of President Trump’s judicial nominees—63 district court judges, 37 appeals court judges, and two Supreme Court justices—since January 2017. At the end of the 115th Congress in January 2019, the Senate had confirmed 85 of the…
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Ballot measure law update: legislators in six states approve 16 proposals changing laws governing ballot measures out of 209 tracked
As of April 25, 2019, Ballotpedia tracked 209 legislative proposals concerning ballot initiatives, veto referendums, referrals, local ballot measures, and recall in 31 states. Sixteen proposals had been approved in Arkansas, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Utah. Four of them were constitutional amendments requiring voter ratification in 2020. Two bills were approved by the…
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Runoff elections determine winners in three Tampa City Council races
Tampa held general runoff elections for mayor and three of seven city council seats on April 23, 2019. Runoffs were required for these four races after no candidate received a majority of the general election vote on March 5. In the city council's District 1 race, Joseph Citro defeated Walter Smith with 57.4% of…
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State minimum wage levels vary from $5 to $14 per hour
Voters approved two statewide ballot measures in 2018 pertaining to minimum wages. Arkansas Issue 5 was approved, incrementally raising the minimum wage in Arkansas from $8.50 to $11 per hour by 2021. Missouri Proposition B was also approved, increasing the state’s minimum wage each year from $7.85 up to $12 per hour in 2023. …
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Lawmakers and voters consider distribution requirements for initiative signature drives
Voters in at least two states, Arkansas and Montana, will decide ballot measures in 2020 concerning distribution requirements for future initiative signature petition drives. A distribution requirement is a rule requiring that petitions for a ballot measure or candidate must be signed by a minimum number or percent of voters from different political subdivisions in…
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Second electoral do-over for Georgia House seat results in conclusive victor
In Georgia and Florida, state legislative special elections were held on Tuesday. A special election was held for District 28 in the Georgia House of Representatives. This was the third election for the seat in the past year. The regularly scheduled primary on May 22, 2018, and a new primary on December 4, 2018,…
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Georgia to hold third consecutive election for state House seat after two cancellations
Both Florida and Georgia have state legislative special primaries on the ballot on April 9. In Georgia, Chris Erwin and Dan Gasaway are running in a Republican primary for the state House's District 28 seat. The special election will be the third contest between Gasaway and Erwin. The regularly scheduled primary on May 22,…
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From 30 hours to 2 - what you need to know about the nuclear option change this week
Earlier this week Republican leaders in the Senate used a procedural tactic known as the nuclear option to change the process for confirming judicial nominees. This is the third time the procedural tactic has been used since 2013. Republicans cheered the change while Democrats have been critical of the tactic. But aside from the partisan…