Tag: Daily Brew

  • Ohio redistricting initiative campaign sets fundraising record with $26.95 million raised

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    Welcome to the Thursday, Aug. 8, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Ohio redistricting initiative campaign raises a record $26.95 million Voters in Ohio will decide on a citizen initiative on Nov. 5 to establish the Ohio Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC), a 15-member non-politician commission responsible…

  • SCOTUS’s 2023 term had one of the highest occurrences of 6-3 votes since 2007

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Brew.  By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: SCOTUS’s 2023 term had one of the highest occurrences of 6-3 votes since 2007  In June, we previewed what to expect from the U.S. Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) peak opinion season. The Supreme Court…

  • Number of contested U.S. House incumbents ^, number of contested legislative primaries ᘁ

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    Welcome to the Monday, August 5, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: So far this year—second-highest percentage of U.S. House incumbents facing primaries, second-lowest percentage of state legislative open seats Ballotpedia’s 2024 state primary election competitiveness data analyzes all state legislative, state executive, and congressional elections…

  • Understanding the Michigan Supreme Court’s ruling on ballot measures

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    Welcome to the Friday, Aug. 2, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Understanding the Michigan Supreme Court’s ruling on ballot measures On July 31, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the state legislature to adopt-and-amend two 2018 indirect initiated state statutes.  I…

  • Sixty-five percent of July’s elections were uncontested

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    Welcome to the Thursday, Aug. 1, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Sixty-five percent of July’s elections were uncontested  Throughout July, Ballotpedia covered 525 elections in 11 states, 65% of which were uncontested.  This brings the year-to-date rate of uncontested elections to 73%. For comparison, since…

  • Ballotpedia launches Ballot Measure Fact Books

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Brew.  By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Introducing Ballotpedia’s Historic Ballot Measure Fact Book Since Ballotpedia was founded in 2007, we have focused on covering ballot measures and the laws governing them. Sixteen years later, we’ve published nearly 50,000 articles…

  • Redistricting ballot measure will go before voters in November

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, July 30, 2024, Brew.  By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Redistricting ballot measure will go before voters in November An initiative to amend the Ohio Constitution and create a Citizens Redistricting Commission will appear on the Ohio ballot on Nov. 5. The initiative…

  • The most contested legislative primaries in Arizona since 2010

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    Welcome to the Monday, July 29, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The most contested legislative primaries in Arizona since 2010 Continuing our coverage of statewide primaries, today we dive into elections in Arizona. The state is holding primaries for congressional, state executive, state legislative, and…

  • Redo election scheduled for Oklahoma’s Sequoyah Public Schools

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    Welcome to the Friday, July 26, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Redo election scheduled for Oklahoma’s Sequoyah Public Schools  Voters in Oklahoma’s Sequoyah Public Schools will see a court-ordered redo election on their ballots on Aug. 27 after the discovery of irregularities in a close…

  • Eleven vulnerable trifectas this November

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    Welcome to the Thursday, July 25, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Eleven vulnerable trifectas this November   Every year, Ballotpedia releases an annual report on trifecta vulnerability. This year’s report found that 11 state government trifectas could break up, and nine new ones could form in…