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Welcome to the Tuesday, December 5, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Oregon voters could weigh in on initiative to prohibit self-serve gas stations in 2024 In August, Oregon ended its 72-year ban on self-service gas stations, leaving New Jersey as the only state that prohibits…

Welcome to the Monday, December 4, 2023, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: East Cleveland, Ohio, mayor faces second consecutive recall effort  Later this month, Ballotpedia will release its 2023 year-end recall analysis, one of two reports we publish each year on recall efforts…

Welcome to the Thursday, November 30, 2023 Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Six states eliminated odd-year elections or consolidated election dates in 2022 and 2023 During the 2022 and 2023 legislative sessions, several states changed their election calendars, including six that eliminated odd-year…

Welcome to the Tuesday, November 28, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Voters in six states decided 32 constitutional amendments, most in odd-numbered years since 2003 As we move toward the end of 2023, let’s continue our look back at the year’s top political stories. On…

Welcome to the Monday, November 27, 2023, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Twenty-nine state legislative incumbents lost re-election in 2023, more than 2021, but less than 2019 Now that the last statewide election of the year (Louisiana) is behind us, it’s time to…

Welcome to the Wednesday, November 22, 2023, Brew.  By: Joe Greaney Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: New York becomes second state to pass law on readability of ballot measures this year Starting in 2024, New York will implement new language requirements for state ballot questions. On Nov. 17, Gov.…

Welcome to the Tuesday, November 21, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A majority of school board seats were uncontested in Virginia Ballotpedia covered every school board election in seven states on Nov. 7: Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington. Over the next month,…

Welcome to the Monday, November 20, 2023, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: More than half of Minnesota’s school board races were for open seats   As regular Brew readers know, Ballotpedia covered every school board election in seven states on Nov. 7: Colorado, Kansas,…

Welcome to the Friday, November 17, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: State legislative elections in New Jersey and Virginia could affect future constitutional amendments On Nov. 7, Democrats in Virginia won a majority in the state House, while Democrats in New Jersey gained a supermajority…

Welcome to the Thursday, November 16, 2023, Brew.  By: Juan Garcia de Paredes Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Seven local jurisdictions voted on ranked-choice voting measures in 2023 In 2023, seven local jurisdictions in five states decided local ballot measures to adopt or repeal ranked-choice voting—the second highest number…