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Welcome to the Thursday, June 3, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Illinois voters will decide ballot measure in 2022 to make collective bargaining a state constitutional right Stansbury wins special election in New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District Redistricting review: Illinois lawmakers approve state leg., supreme court maps Illinois…

Welcome to the Wednesday, June 2, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Here’s an update on the recall effort targeting California Gov. Gavin Newsom Voters in New Jersey, Virginia to decide state legislative primaries on June 8 Learn more about the administrative state with Ballotpedia’s 2021 Expeditions! Here’s an…

Welcome to the Tuesday, June 1, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Comparing 2020 presidential and senatorial vote share by party Voters to decide municipal runoff elections on June 5 in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington, Texas COVID-19 policy changes and events one year ago this week Welcome to…

Welcome to the Friday, May 28, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: New Jersey, Virginia to hold gubernatorial primaries on June 8 Reviewing state proof-of-vaccination requirements Don’t miss our 2021 primary preview briefing New Jersey, Virginia to hold gubernatorial primaries on June 8 Two states—New Jersey and Virginia—are holding…

Welcome to the Thursday, May 27, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Redistricting review: Ohio, Census Bureau reach settlement in lawsuit over release of redistricting data Previewing the special election to New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District Texas voters to decide at least six constitutional amendments in November Redistricting review:…

Welcome to the Wednesday, May 26, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Sign-ups are now open for this year’s Ballotpedia Expeditions! Dunbar concedes to Bronson in Anchorage mayoral race Comparing state response times to FOIA requests Sign-ups are now open for this year’s Ballotpedia Expeditions! As we regularly discuss…

SCOTUS accepts new cases, issues opinions Spring is a busy time for the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS). I thought it would be timely to bring you an update on what’s been happening. Here’s a sampling of recent SCOTUS activity. SCOTUS heard its final oral arguments of the 2020-2021 term on May 4, and since, it…

Checking in on laws governing ballot measures in 2021 Last week, I briefed you on the Mississippi Supreme Court ruling that determined the state’s distribution requirement for ballot initiatives was, in fact, mathematically impossible to meet and has been since 2001 congressional reapportionment when the state lost a seat. Today, let’s look at some changes…

The oldest and newest state supreme courts Each state has at least one supreme court, but those courts were established at different times. I recently saw an analysis one of our staff members wrote on this topic, and I wanted to share it with you today. The Massachusetts Supreme Court, founded in 1692, is 329…

Redistricting review: Sixth Circuit rules Ohio has standing to sue Census Bureau over delayed data  In last week‘s redistricting review, I wrote about a court case in Ohio concerning the Census Bureau’s timeline for releasing redistricting data. This week—on May 18—a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that…