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2 days ago · Ongoing negotiations between tribal leaders and Colorado officials may chart a new path for automatically registering Native voters and growing voter rolls nationwide. But first the state is having to confront a legacy of mistrust. Bolts is a digital magazine that covers the nuts and bolts of power and political change, from the local up.
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2024 General Elections - Bolts
Enter our annual cheat sheet to help you track this busy general election. On this page, we have identified 540 elections (and counting) up and down the ballot, and why they matter. This includes powerful officials, from U.S. senators and state supreme courts to sheriffs and mayors, plus dozens of ballot measures. Our printable worksheet.
How Supreme Court Elections Set the Stage for Coming Battles, …
4 hours ago · After securing a majority on the North Carolina Supreme Court in 2022, Republican justices promptly overturned a ruling that had struck down GOP gerrymanders, paving the way for their party’s lawmakers to draw a new map designed to hand them several congressional districts. By then, Democrats already had no recourse outside of state courts: This U.S. Supreme Court has shut the door on ...
Trump Allies Gain Power Over Elections in Arizona’s Largest County
2 days ago · Justin Heap, an Arizona lawmaker who has pushed for severe voting restrictions and whose campaign was led by an indicted 2020 “fake elector” for Donald Trump, has won control of one of the country’s most important local elections offices.. Voters in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix and most of Arizona’s population, elected Heap …
What’s on the Ballot - Bolts
Sep 5, 2024 · There are thousands of public officials, elected on vastly varying schedules, with decisive roles in policy-making. Our cheat sheets and databases offer readers a collection of resources that clarify who has the power to do what, and how they come to be in power in the first place. Created in 2018 by Daniel Nichanian, What’s on the Ballot ...
Downballot Stakes: Your Questions Answered - Bolts
Oct 23, 2024 · 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 …
What’s on Your Local Ballots: Your Questions Answered
Oct 11, 2024 · In 2022, Bolts covered the unusual candidacy of Kenneth Mejia, who won the office of Los Angeles controller on a vow to audit the police department after a campaign in which he raised questions about the scope of the LAPD’s $3 billion budget. He has since released a critical review of their large helicopter program.
Arizonans Defeat Three GOP Measures That Would Have …
6 days ago · Arizonans Defeat Three GOP Measures That Would Have Restricted Their Voting Power. Republican lawmakers in Arizona placed a slew of constitutional amendments on the ballot this fall to limit the recourse available to voters to hold politicians and courts accountable and to take matters into their own hands. Arizonans on Tuesday rejected those ...
About Us - Bolts
About Us. Bolts covers the nuts and bolts of power and political change, from the local up. We report on the local elections and obscure institutions that shape public policy but are dangerously overlooked in the U.S., and the grassroots movements that are targeting them. We focus on two areas where local governments play a key role: criminal ...
Ohioans Reject Redistricting Reform, Protecting GOP Gerrymanders
Nov 6, 2024 · Ohioans on Tuesday rejected Issue 1, a ballot measure that would have created a new independent redistricting commission and stripped elected politicians of their power to draw congressional and legislative districts. The result is a blow to the democracy organizations that have been combating gerrymandering in the state.