Tag: Daily Brew

Welcome to the Friday, June 28, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Montana campaign submits signatures for initiative to provide a constitutional right to abortion Abortion-related ballot measures are now certified in five states: Colorado, Florida, Maryland, New York, and South Dakota. Additionally, signatures for abortion-related…

Welcome to the Thursday, June 27, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Ballotpedia launches Artificial Intelligence Deepfake Legislation Tracker  Deepfakes, an offshoot of artificial intelligence (AI), have become a pressing social and political issue that an increasing number of state lawmakers are trying to address through…

Welcome to the Wednesday, June 26, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Arizona State Legislature refers 11 measures to the general election ballot, most since 1984 The Arizona State Legislature adjourned earlier this month, referring 11 measures to the ballot—five state statutes and six constitutional amendments.…

Welcome to the Tuesday, June 25, 2024, Brew. By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Rhode Island becomes 22nd state to enact a readability requirement for ballot measure questions  In Rhode Island, a new law requires that ballot measure questions be written in plain language and reasonably calculated…

Welcome to the Monday, June 24, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: All candidates for the June 25 Democratic primary for Denver, Colorado District Attorney complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey Both candidates running in the June 25 Democratic primary for Denver, Colorado District Attorney—Leora Joseph (D)…

Welcome to the Friday, June 21, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Fewest number of candidates running for U.S. House in New York since 2014 In Tuesday’s Brew, we looked at the upcoming primaries in Colorado. Today, we are looking at another state holding primaries on…

Welcome to the Thursday, June 20, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Republican state legislative incumbents have lost at a higher rate than Democrats  In the 22 states that have held state legislative primaries so far this year, Republican incumbents have lost at a higher rate…

Welcome to the Wednesday, June 19, Brew.  By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Fifty-three members of Congress have announced retirement so far this year, compared to 55 at this point in 2022  Fifty-three members of Congress—eight senators and 45 representatives—have announced they will not seek re-election this…

Welcome to the Tuesday, June 18, 2024, Brew.  By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: What’s on the ballot in Colorado’s primaries Today, voters in Georgia, Oklahoma, and Virginia are heading to the polls for primaries. For now, let’s take a look ahead next week to Colorado, one…

Welcome to the Monday, June 17, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: California initiative that would make changes to Prop. 47 qualifies for the November ballot Californians for Safer Communities qualified an initiative for the November 5 ballot that would amend Proposition 47, including increasing drug…