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2025
- Press release Ballotpedia Highlights Top Ballot Measures to Watch in the 2025 General Election
- Press release Ballotpedia’s Top 10 Elections to Watch on Election Night 2025
- Press release Citizen Portal and Ballotpedia Partner to Enhance Voter Access to Local Government Information
- Press release Ballotpedia Spoke to School Board Members Nationwide About Their Roles: Here's What They Told Us
- Press release States Enact 337 Laws to Reshape Administrative Agency Power
- Press release State Deepfake Laws Hit Record Pace
- Press release Minnesota State Legislators Leads Nation in Recall Efforts
- Press release Ballotpedia Launches Essential Resource on Work Requirements for Public Assistance Programs
- Press release Ballotpedia Launches Comprehensive Education Research Policy Hub
- Press release Staying Ahead of State-Level ESG Legislation Just Got Easier
- Press release Ballotpedia Announces Nationwide Analysis of School Board Authority
- Press release Ballotpedia Introduces Essential Resource on School Choice in Rural Areas and Communities
- Press release State of Election Administration Legislation 2025 Spring Report
2024
- Announcing the Winner of the 2024 Ballotpedia Holiday Cookie Election
- Press Release Most Ballot Measures Require a College Degree for Comprehension
- Press release Ballotpedia’s Top 15 Ballot Measures and Trends to Watch on Election Night 2024
- Press release Ballotpedia’s Top 15 Races to Watch on Election Night
- Press release New Report from Ballotpedia Shows 2,227 Uncontested State Legislative Seats Nationwide
- Press release Ballotpedia Launches 2024 Election Voter Toolkit: Helping Voters Every Step of the Way
- Press Release Ballotpedia and BillTrack50 Release Joint Report on State Legislature Trends and Partisanship
- Press release Ballotpedia Reports 30 States Pass 88 Bills in 2024 to Decrease Administrative State Agency Power
- Press release New Research from Ballotpedia on K-12 Classroom Cellphone Use Legislation
- Press release Ballotpedia Report Shows 30 Percent Increase in Successful Recall Attempts
- Press release 3,735 Election-Administration Bills Currently at Play Across the U.S. – Ballotpedia’s New Report Clarifies What’s Happening
- Press release Deepfake-Related Bills Have Increased 950 percent Over the Previous Five-Year Average
- Press Release Ballotpedia and Truepic Partner to Verify U.S. Political Candidate Identities and Help Reduce Impersonation and AI-Generated Content Risks
- Press Release School Board Recalls and Education-focused Research Updates from Ballotpedia
- Press Release Staying on Top of Administrative State Legislation Across All 50 States Has Never Been Easier
- Press Release Ballotpedia and Decision Desk HQ Partner To Offer Real-time Local Election Results Coverage
- Press Release Ballotpedia is Here to Help for Super Tuesday and Beyond
- Press Release Ballotpedia Launches Monthly “State of Election Administration Legislation” Update
- Press Release Just in Time for Super Tuesday – Ballotpedia’s New Sample Ballot Lookup Tool is Here to Help
- Press Release Do You Know What’s Covered in Your City’s Police Collective Bargaining Agreement
- Press Release Ballotpedia’s 2023 Year-End Recall Report Shows Highest Percent of Elected Officials Recalled since 2018
2023
- Press release: The field for the 2023 General Holiday Cookie Election is set
- More than 60 Percent of 2023 Local Elections were Uncontested
- Ballotpedia Launches “RCV Info Hub,” a Comprehensive, Nonpartisan Resource on Ranked-Choice Voting
- Ballotpedia Announces One Certain Outcome of Next Week’s Elections
- Ballotpedia’s Top Ballot Measures to Watch on Election Night 2023
- Ballotpedia’s Coverage of School Board Races Expands in 2023
- Ballotpedia Report Shows Highest Number of State Legislative Races Without Major Party Competition in 2023
- Recent legislation makes it harder for citizens to qualify and pass ballot measures
- Subscribe to Ballotpedia’s new monthly newsletter Bargaining in Blue
- Just the Facts: No Hype, No Bias – Introducing Ballotpedia’s New “State of Election Administration Legislation” Report
- Ballotpedia’s mid-year recall report shows school boards are no longer leading the nation in recall elections
- Ballotpedia tracker offers current and historical information about elected officials expelled from state legislatures
- Why School Board Elections Matter and What You Need to Know
- Ballotpedia’s Top 15 – The Most Interesting and Consequential Political Stories to Follow in 2023
- Ballotpedia reports 232 bills introduced to amend state ballot measure processes
2022
- How Hot-button Issues Affected Nov. 8 School Board Elections
- Republicans Make Gains in State Financial Officer Races
- New Reports from Ballotpedia Show Higher Costs Lower Fundraising
- Ballotpedia Offering Special Election Night Coverage and Analysis of State Financial Officer Races
- Candidates Tell Ballotpedia Which Fictional Character They Would Be
- From Superheroes and Super Sleuths to Ghosts, Wizards, and Time Traveling Doctors, Candidates Tell Ballotpedia Which Fictional Character They Would Be
- New Reports from Ballotpedia Show Higher Costs, Lower Fundraising and Complex Wording Define 2022 Statewide Ballot Measures
- New Ballotpedia Report Finds Overall Competitiveness Rises in State Legislative Races
- Ballotpedia’s Top 15 Ballot Measures to Watch on Election Night
- Ballotpedia's Top 15 Races to Watch on Election Night
- New Research from Ballotpedia Offers Never-Before Available Information on U.S. School Boards
- Ballotpedia’s New Legislation Tracker is a One-Stop-Shop for Current Election-Related Legislation
2021
2020
- Greta Van Susteren to Moderate 2020 General Election Virtual Debates on Ballotpedia.org
- $50,000 in donations to Ballotpedia to be matched
- Ballotpedia Launches Embeddable Sample Ballot Lookup Tool: My Vote Engage
- Ballotpedia announces expeditions
- Ballotpedia teams up with Truepic to help verify candidates' identities
- Ballotpedia Expands Coverage of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Documenting America's Path to Recovery
- Ballotpedia Newsletter Announced: Documenting America's Path to Recovery
- Candidates come together to discuss challenges related to campaigning in 2020
- Ballotpedia Teams Up With MistoBox for Politically Themed Coffee Deliveries
- Ballotpedia rolls out improved campaign finance data with Transparency USA
- Ballotpedia Launches Virtual Debate Platform: Candidate Conversations
- Ballotpedia Announces Smartphone App: My Vote Ballotpedia
2019
- Ballotpedia partners with Twitter to identify 2020 election candidates
- Ballotpedia publishes pageview statistics for presidential candidates
- Ballotpedia Launches News Hub
- 2019 Chicago Candidates Invited to Constituent-Created Survey
2018
- Chicagoans Lead the Conversation with 2019 Candidates
- Four Million People Access Sample Ballot via Ballotpedia
- Ballotpedia Releases List of Top 15 Elections to Watch
- Ballotpedia Celebrates 1 Billion Pageviews
- Ballotpedia keeps subscribers in the know with latest elections newsletter
- Democrats contest most legislative races since 2010
- Ballotpedia analysis: Supreme Court case reversals by appeals court
- Ballotpedia’s Sample Ballot Tool Delivers 500,000 Primary Election Ballots
- Just launched: Ballotpedia’s API Version 3.0
- Ballotpedia Publishes Wave Election Analysis
- Ballotpedia & Twitter Team Up to Identify 2018 Candidates
- 900,000,000 page views
- Ballotpedia Releases List of Vulnerable Trifectas
- Term-limited state legislative seats twice as likely to change party hands
- Growth of the Federal Register under Trump Administration Lowest in Last 22 Years
- Ballotpedia Launches Heart of the Primaries Email Newsletter
2017
- Ballotpedia Analysis: President-Elect Trump to Inherit 108 Life-Term Federal Judicial Vacancies
- Scott Rasmussen Joins Ballotpedia to Publish Number of the Day
- Ballotpedia Celebrates Ten Years Online
- Ballotpedia Launches Ballot Bulletin Email Update
- Twice as many Republicans term-limited in 2018 state legislative elections
- Ballotpedia Launches Partnership with IFTTT
- Ballotpedia Analysis: Fifteen state legislative chambers may see shifts in party control in 2018
- Ballotpedia Launches Federal Courts Weekly Update
- Competition in school board elections increases 31 percent in three years
2016
- Ballotpedia Produces Podcast for Federal, State, and Local Political News
- Ballotpedia Webinar: 2016 Delegates and Conventions Explained
- Press Release: Ballotpedia Polls Battleground States
- New York Times Publishes Ballotpedia Series on Ballot Measures
- Ballotpedia Releases 2016 State Election Agency Report
- Ballotpedia Produces Jolt Webinar Series To Cover Important Issues Before the November Election
- Ballotpedia Designs Sample Ballot Tool
- 2016 Election Results: The Works
- A Quarter of a Million Pages of Content
2015
- Ballotpedia to absorb Judgepedia
- School board incumbents score another term in 81% of races
- Big City Spending: How does your city compare
- Veteran Journalist Jim Barnes Joins Ballotpedia Staff
- Almanac of American Politics Partnership
- Ballotpedia Will Hold Webinar on Presidential Ballot Access Laws & Deadlines
- Ballotpedia Releases List of Top 10 Elections to Watch in 2015
2014
- A Peek Inside the Congressional Millionaire's Club
- Lucy Burns Institute Welcomes First Chief Content Officer
- New online resource shines a light on public policy
- State legislative incumbents cruise through election season with little competition
2013
- Press Release: Ballotpedia celebrates Earth Day with a list of the six best environmentally-focused ballot measures
- Press Release: Ballotpedia releases annual school bond and tax report
- Press Release: Ballotpedia releases Sunshine Week transparency analysis
- Press Release: Despite low approval ratings, congressional incumbents coast through primaries
- Press Release: Incorrect Projections Cause Campaign Costs to Skyrocket
- Press Release: Lucy Burns Institute releases citizen's guide to local ballot initiatives
- Press Release: New Hampshire boasts best quality of life, Mississippi in last place according to aggregate index
- Press Release: New research demystifies laws governing local ballot measures
- Press Release: Organization dedicated to government transparency ups local content
- Press Release: Red state or blue state: It's not all about presidential elections
- The 5 Most Important Ballot Measures in 2013
