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6 天之前 · In 2024, Politics Is Local. Bolts covers the nuts and bolts of power and political change, from the local up. We report on the places, people, and policies that shape public policy. We focus on criminal justice and voting rights, and delve further in our vertical What’s on the Ballot.
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Bolts is the new home of “What’s on the Ballot,” a platform that since 2018 has offered cheatsheets and databases to organize the chaos of U.S. democracy. “What’s on the Ballot” is now continuing to help readers follow elections small and big, local and national, by producing more cheatsheets and information.
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2024 General Elections - Bolts
Arizona Prop 139: On establishing a right to abortion access.: Yes: California: San Francisco Prop O: On shoring up local protections for abortion rights.: Colorado Amendment 79: On establishing a right to abortion access.: Yes: Florida Amendment 4: On establishing a right to abortion access, overturning a 6-week ban.: No: Maryland Question 1: On establishing a …
What’s on the Ballot - Bolts
2024年9月5日 · Voters this year are deciding the fate of 82 seats across 33 states’ high courts. Cases involving abortion, democracy, and other critical issues hang in the balance. These offices have wide powers over the scope of incarceration and the conditions of detention, issues that are on the ballot from ...
Powered by Native Voters, Ranked-Choice Voting and Open …
4 天之前 · Alaskans appear to have narrowly rejected Measure 2, a ballot initiative that would have repealed the state’s open primary and ranked-choice voting system. The system, first approved by voters in 2020, quickly drew Republican opposition after a Democrat flipped the state’s single U.S. House seat ...
Voting Rights - Bolts
2024年8月28日 · Who Runs Our Elections? Our Bolts resources compile, state-by-state, the local and state offices responsible for administering elections, and those responsible for counting and certifying results.These sleepy offices hold a great deal of discretion over our democracy.
Downballot Stakes: Your Questions Answered - Bolts
2024年10月23日 · Our team at Bolts has spent much of the last year reporting on the stakes of the 2024 elections. Then last month, we turned the mic over to you: As part of our series “Ask Bolts,” we invited you to send us your questions about what is brewing in November. I answered six of your questions in the first part of our mailbag two weeks ago, from the role of state auditors to the most pivotal ...
Elections for Mississippi Supreme Court Leave the Rights of …
6 天之前 · This article was published as a collaboration between Bolts and The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system; sign up for their newsletters here.. Mississippi voters have dealt defeat to one conservative state Supreme Court justice and forced a moderate justice into a Nov. 26 runoff, with the final outcome possibly making the court more open to ...
What’s on Your Local Ballots: Your Questions Answered
2024年10月11日 · November is fast approaching, and with it a myriad of state and local elections. We published a guide last week to more than 500 races, and why they matter, to help you navigate it.. But we also wanted to hear from you. For “Ask Bolts,” our ongoing series in which we tackle reader questions, we asked you what you wanted to know about these upcoming elections.
Anti-Gerrymandering Groups Warn That Ohio’s Ballot Language Is ...
2024年10月28日 · When Songgu Kwon went to the polls earlier this month, he was eager to help Ohio adopt an independent redistricting commission. The comic book writer and illustrator, who lives near Athens, dislikes the process with which politicians have carved up Ohio into congressional and legislative districts that favor them, enabling Republicans to …