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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, July 28, 2023

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 legislative activity, nationwide trends, and recent news.

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Initiative prohibiting foreign election spending will appear on Maine Nov. ballot

An initiated state statute to prohibit election spending by foreign governments, including entities with partial government ownership or control, will appear on the Maine ballot on Nov. 7, 2023.

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The third California rent control initiative in four election cycles sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation qualifies for the 2024 ballot

On July 26, the California secretary of state announced the third rent control initiative sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in four election cycles had qualified for the Nov. 2024 ballot. Californians defeated the two other initiatives in 2018 and 2020.

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State supreme courts have issued 3,842 opinions in 2023

State supreme courts issued 192 opinions in the two week period from July 10 to July 23. The Delaware Supreme Court issued 26 opinions more than any other state, followed by Pennsylvania with 17 and Vermont with 13. The last two weeks’ 192 opinions account for 5% of the year-to-date…

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Constitutional amendment to provide state right to abortion will be on Nov. 2023 ballot in Ohio

Ohio voters will decide on a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment related to reproductive decisions, including abortion, in Nov. 2023. This is the first and only statewide abortion measure certified for the ballot in 2023. Two more are currently set for 2024.

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15 stories for Ballotpedia’s 15th Anniversary – Day 3

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Recall election roundup: Wisconsin

Ballotpedia tracked one new recall effort against local officials in Wisconsin from July 17-23, bringing the yearly statewide total to two efforts against two officials. The most recent effort is:

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Bargaining in Blue: Baltimore police union calls for more staffing in response to shooting

Bargaining in Blue, a monthly newsletter from Ballotpedia, provides news and information on police collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), including the latest news, policy debates, and insights from Ballotpedia’s analysis of police CBAs in all 50 states and the top 100 cities by population.

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15 stories for Ballotpedia’s 15th Anniversary – Day 2

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All candidates for Lansing City Council Ward 1 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

All three candidates running in the Aug. 8, 2023, primary election for Lansing City Council Ward 1 — incumbent Ryan Kost (nonpartisan), D. Taft (nonpartisan), and Michael VandeGuchte (nonpartisan) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run…

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #70

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Biden, Trump lead respective presidential primary polling averages and PredictIt markets

As of July 24, 2023, former President Donald Trump (R) leads in both RealClearPolitics’ (RCP) Republican presidential primary polling average and PredictIt’s Republican presidential primary market.

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Update on this year’s and next year’s ballot measure certifications

As of July 25, 2023, 40 statewide measures have been certified for the ballot in eight states, 15 more measures more than the average number certified at this point in other even-numbered years from 2010 to 2020.

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15 stories for Ballotpedia’s 15th Anniversary

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Ballot measure roundup: Texas

As of July 25, 14 ballot measures have been certified for Texas’ statewide ballot in 2023, including one new certification from July 18. All 14 measures are legislatively referred constitutional amendments on the ballot on Nov. 7, 2023. The one new ballot measure is:

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Governor Roy Cooper (D) vetoes one bill from July 17-23

Governor Roy Cooper (D) vetoed one bill from July 17-23. He vetoed H219, which would have made “various changes to the laws affecting charter schools,” including easing enrollment restrictions and allowing charter schools to utilize property tax to fund capital needs.

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Election legislation roundup: New York State Legislature

As of July 23, members of the New York State Legislature, which includes the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate, have passed nine bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year.

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Democratic party committees lead Republican counterparts in cumulative fundraising

As of June 30, 2023, the end of the most recent party committee campaign finance filing period, the three committees associated with the Democratic Party raised a cumulative $156 million for the 2024 election cycle, while the three committees associated with the Republican Party have raised $134 million.

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Texas becomes ninth state to resign from ERIC

On July 20, Texas became the eighth state to resign from the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) in 2023, and the ninth state overall.

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NYC’s ESG investment approach draws pushback

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Number of donor privacy and disclosure bills enacted has increased each year since 2020

States have enacted more donor privacy and disclosure legislation this year than in recent years, with the number of enacted bills increasing yearly since 2020.

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U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims fall to 228,000

New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits fell 9,000 for the week ending July 15 to a seasonally adjusted 228,000. The previous week’s figure was unrevised. The four-week moving average as of July 15 fell 9,250 from the previous week’s unrevised average to 237,500.

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Georgia establishes work requirements to expand Medicaid coverage

Georgia became the only state to have a Medicaid work requirement in place when Georgia Pathways took effect on July 1, 2023. The work requirement policy, announced by the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) on July 5, 2023, expands Medicaid coverage to people below the Federal Policy Level (FPL)…

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Number of enacted donor privacy and disclosure bills has increased each year since 2020

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Ohio Issue 1 is the first constitutional amendment on the state’s ballot in August since 1926

In Ohio, voters will decide on Issue 1 at a special election on Aug. 8, 2023. It’s been 97 years since a state ballot measure was decided in August in Ohio. In 1926, voters addressed one constitutional amendment, which was rejected 39.99% to 60.01%.

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