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  • Three school board members face recalls in 2024 over district book policies

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    Welcome to the Monday, March 25, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Three school board recalls have centered on district book policies since 2006 In a review of nearly 500 school board recall efforts since 2006, Ballotpedia found that three have centered on disagreements over district…

  • Wisconsin REINS Act at center of state regulatory impasse

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    Welcome to the Friday, March 22, Brew.  By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Wisconsin REINS Act at center of state regulatory impasse  A back-and-forth between Wisconsin officials over how to address groundwater contamination in the state gets at the heart of debates over the administrative state—how much…

  • A rundown of Tuesday’s battleground primary results

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    Welcome to the Thursday, March 21, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: A rundown of Tuesday’s battleground primary results  Illinois and Ohio held their statewide primaries on Tuesday, March 19. Here’s a rundown of some of the battleground primaries we covered: In Ohio House elections, eight…

  • First ballot measure vote to prohibit assisted death, also known as assisted suicide, in a state constitution

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    Welcome to the Wednesday, March 20, Brew.  By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: West Virginia will be the first state to decide on a constitutional amendment prohibiting assisted death, also known as assisted suicide On Nov. 5, West Virginia voters will decide on Amendment 1, which would…

  • Washington’s Democratic-controlled Legislature approves historic number of GOP-backed ballot initiatives

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, March 19, Brew.  By: Andrew Kronaizl Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Washington’s Democratic-controlled Legislature approves historic number of GOP-backed ballot initiatives Washington legislators approved three citizen initiatives into law this legislative session—the most ever for a single year. From 1912, when the state’s initiative process…

  • Three U.S. House incumbents in Ohio are facing primary challengers this year—a decade-low

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    Welcome to the Monday, March 18, Brew.  By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Three U.S. House incumbents in Ohio are facing primary challengers this year—a decade-low Illinois and Ohio are holding primaries for congressional and state offices tomorrow. On Friday, we looked at upcoming elections in Illinois.…

  • What’s on the ballot next week in Illinois

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    By: Samuel Wonacott Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Clarification: In the March 13 Brew, we wrote that the Alaska Repeal Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative was certified for the Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot. We should have said the initiative qualified for the ballot. While the initiative will appear…

  • What we know about the 138 local ballot measures Californians decided on March 5

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    Welcome to the Thursday, March 14, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: What we know about the 138 local ballot measures Californians decided on March 5 Voters decided on 138 local ballot measures during California’s March 5 statewide primary. We’ve highlighted the results from 11 notable…

  • RCV repeal measure certified for November ballot in Alaska

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    Welcome to the March 13, 2024 Brew.  By: Ethan Sorell Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Alaska Set to Vote on Ballot Measure to Repeal Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting in November In January, we looked at a campaign to repeal ranked-choice voting (RCV) in Alaska. At the time, the campaign had…

  • Comparing Biden and Trump’s recent endorsements in top and down-ballot races

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    Welcome to the Tuesday, March 12, Brew.  By: Mercedes Yanora Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Comparing Biden and Trump’s recent endorsements in top and down-ballot races  Both President Joe Biden (D) and former President Donald Trump (R) made endorsements in recent primaries. Let’s take a look at how they…