Author: Ethan Rice
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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, May 30, 2025
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Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including nationwide trends and recent legislative activity. In this week’s Ballot Bulletin, we cover 310 bills state legislatures acted on in the past week. Weekly highlights The big takeaways from the…
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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, May 9, 2025
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In this week’s Ballot Bulletin, we cover 393 bills state legislatures acted on in the past week. Weekly highlights The big takeaways from the past week’s legislative actions. Lawmakers in 37 states acted on 393 bills over the last week, 47 more than last week. In the news A glance at what’s making headlines in…
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Lame-duck session ballot measures in North Carolina
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Welcome to the Wednesday, December 11, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Lame-duck session ballot measures in North Carolina Heading into the 2024 general election, North Carolina was one of four states with a governor of one party and a supermajority of the opposing party. The…
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How Trump compared to other statewide Republicans on the ballot in 2024
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Welcome to the Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, Brew. By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: How Trump compared to other statewide Republicans on the ballot in 2024 Split-ticket voting, also known as ticket splitting, occurs when voters choose candidates from different parties in a single election. For example,…
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Candidates battle it out in third election rematch
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Welcome to the Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, Brew. By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Candidates battle it out in third election rematch With 42 days to go until the Fall election, we’ll be bringing you coverage of the most compelling elections — the battlegrounds we expect to…
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The final batch of primaries kicks off today in Massachusetts
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Welcome to the Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, Brew. By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: The final batch of primaries kicks off today in Massachusetts Continuing our coverage of statewide primaries, today we dive into elections in Massachusetts, which is holding primaries today, Sept. 3. Voters will choose…
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Utah constitutional amendment would allow Legislature to repeal initiatives, prohibit foreign influence
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Welcome to the Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, Brew. By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Utah constitutional amendment would give Legislature authority to repeal initiatives, prohibit foreign influence in ballot measure elections The Utah Legislature passed a constitutional amendment on Aug. 21 that will appear on the Nov.…
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Abortion, minimum wage, and sports betting on the ballot this fall in Missouri
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Welcome to the Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, Brew. By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Abortion, minimum wage, and sports betting on the ballot this fall in Missouri On Aug. 13, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (R) certified three ballot measures on abortion, minimum wage, and sports…
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Signatures submitted for measure that would raise Oklahoma’s minimum wage
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Welcome to the Tuesday, July 23, 2024, Brew. By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Signatures submitted for measure that would raise Oklahoma’s minimum wage The campaign Raise The Wage Oklahoma submitted roughly 180,000 signatures on July 15 to the secretary of state for State Question 832. If…
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Massachusetts has the fewest number of contested state legislative primaries in 2024, while Wisconsin has the most
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Welcome to the Tuesday, July 16, 2024, Brew. By: Ethan Rice Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Massachusetts has the fewest number of contested state legislative primaries in 2024, while Wisconsin has the most Twenty-six states have held state legislative primaries, and 19 have yet to hold primaries. Since 2010,…