Tag: Daily Brew

Welcome to the Tuesday, January 9, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The U.S. Senate has confirmed 166 of President Biden’s federal judge appointees  Since taking office, President Joe Biden (D) has nominated 200 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. As of Jan. 1,…

Welcome to the Monday, January 8, 2024, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: What we learned through our comprehensive school board election coverage in 2023 Last year, Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of school board elections in Colorado, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,…

Welcome to the Friday, January 5, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Voters decided 264 local ballot measures in 29 states in 2023 The start of a new year is a perfect time to take stock of what happened in the previous one. We did just…

Welcome to the Thursday, January 4th, Brew.  By: Joe Greaney Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Texas voter turnout reaches 14% in 2023 – a two-decade high for odd year elections in the state  Turnout at Texas’ Nov. 7 general election was the highest for an odd-year election in almost…

Welcome to the Wednesday, January 3, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora  Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Legislatures enacted 45 bills related to direct democracy in 2023 — exceeding the previous 5-year average of 32 State legislatures enacted 45 bills and resolutions on ballot initiatives, referendums, and recalls in 2023. The…

Welcome to the Tuesday, January 2, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The minimum wage will increase an average of $.86 in 25 states this year Happy New Year! We hope you had a restful holiday season. Let’s dive right in with a look at what…

Welcome to the Friday, December 22, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: This will be our final Brew of the year. Have a restful holiday, and we’ll see you back here on Jan. 2! Chocolate Chip Cookie wins third nonconsecutive term as Ballotpedia’s Holiday Cookie At…

Welcome to the Thursday, December 21, 2023, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Highest percentage of officials removed from office in recall elections since 2018 Back in June, we released our mid-year report looking at recall efforts through June 22. Now that 2023 is…

Welcome to the Wednesday, December 20, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Nearly half of seats in Kansas’ school board elections uncontested in 2023 Ballotpedia covered every school board election in seven states on Nov. 7: Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington. We’re continuing…

Welcome to the Tuesday, December 19, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A year-end look at the state of election administration legislation  In June, we published our report on trends in election administration legislation in the first half of the year, covering bill topics like ranked-choice…