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  • Five days until Nebraska’s primary

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    Welcome to the Thursday, May 9, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Five days until Nebraska’s primary  Continuing our preview of May’s busy primary season, today we look at Nebraska, which is holding primaries for congressional, state legislative, state executive, and local offices on Tuesday, May…

  • Ballotpedia launches Administrative State Legislation Tracker

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, May 8, Brew.  By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Legislation Tracker  Ballotpedia is excited to announce the launch of our Administrative State Legislation Tracker—a centralized hub that will help Ballotpedia users understand  state-level administrative state reform activity across the country. …

  • One week until Maryland’s primary

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, May 7, 2024, Brew.  By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: One week until Maryland’s primary Maryland is holding primaries for congressional and local offices on Tuesday, May 14. Voters will decide primaries for one member of the U.S. Senate and eight U.S. House…

  • Three U.S. House districts in Indiana are open this year—a decade-high

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    Welcome to the Monday, May 6, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Indiana voters to decide on primaries for congressional and state offices Indiana is holding primaries for congressional and state offices tomorrow. Here’s what voters can expect to see on their ballots. U.S. Senate Marc…

  • 71% of the more than 4,500 local elections Ballotpedia covered in April were uncontested

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    Welcome to the Friday, May 3, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: 71% of the more than 4,500 local elections Ballotpedia covered in April were uncontested As part of Ballotpedia’s growing coverage of the nation’s local elections (with a goal of eventually covering all of them),…

  • Preemption plays out with marijuana in Texas – our latest episode of On the Ballot

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    Welcome to the Thursday, May 2, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Preemption plays out with marijuana in Texas – our latest episode of On the Ballot  In today’s episode of On the Ballot, Ballotpedia’s weekly podcast, we take a look at the May 4 vote…

  •  Early filing deadlines show fewer state legislative incumbents retiring than in previous years

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, May 1, Brew.  By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Fewer state legislative incumbents retiring than in previous years   Ballotpedia’s 2024 state primary election competitiveness data analyzes all state legislative, state executive, and congressional elections taking place this year. Today, let’s look at trends…

  • States enact fewer election-related bills this year than last, more than in 2022

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, April 30, 2024, Brew.  By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: States enact fewer election-related bills this year than last, more than in 2022 Since the start of 2024, legislators have considered nearly 3,500 election-related bills, and 31 states have adopted 175 new election-related…

  • 15th county to vote on seceding from Oregon

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    Welcome to the Monday, April 29, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Voters in Crook County, Oregon to decide on an advisory measure to secede from the state Voters in Crook County, Oregon, will decide on an advisory measure on May 21 asking whether they support…

  • Three states end judicial deference practices

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    Welcome to the Friday, April 26, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Three states end judicial deference practices  Lawmakers in Indiana, Nebraska, and Idaho passed bills in March 2024 to end judicial deference practices in each state. Judicial deference instructs federal or state courts to defer…