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2024年10月2日 · 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.
Ohioans Reject Redistricting Reform, Protecting GOP Gerrymanders
3 天之前 · 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.
The Next Front in the Fight Over Homelessness Is on the Arizona …
2024年10月25日 · In November, Arizona voters will decide on Proposition 312, a ballot measure that would allow property owners to claim a tax refund for costs they’ve incurred to address people illegally camping, using drugs, or defecating in public. The measure was put forth by critics of the homelessness policies of many Arizona cities, and can be ...
“A Year of Frustration”: How New Mexico Kept Denying People …
2024年10月29日 · New Mexico restored rights to thousands last year. But in reaching out to voters, organizers discovered a trail of wrongful denials, some dating back decades, and sued for a fix. This sticker was handed by poll workers to Amber Smith when she voted this month. She had been wrongly denied access to voter rolls by New Mexico for decades.
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 ...
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.
What’s on Your Local Ballots: Your Questions Answered
2024年10月11日 · 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.
What’s on the Ballot - Bolts
2024年9月5日 · 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 ...
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 ...
In Legislative Elections, Democrats Defied Recent History
2022年11月29日 · Democrats returned the favor in 2018 by gaining more than 300 legislative seats, powered by President Donald Trump’s widespread unpopularity. No such wave occurred in 2022. Republicans gained only 20 legislative seats this fall out of more than 6,000 that were on the ballot, according to Bolts ’s review of the results.