The Ballotpedia News Update, 2020 archive

January

• The Federal Judicial Vacancy Count 2/3/2020
• Ballotpedia Launches Virtual Debate Platform: Candidate Conversations
• The State and Local Tap: Voters to decide battleground state House runoff in Texas
• The Federal Tap: Supreme Court hears cases on drug offenses, school choice, and commercial arbitration
• The State and Local Tap: Bishop announces bid for Utah lieutenant governor
• The Federal Tap: Impeachment trial of President Trump begins
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: January 2020
• The State and Local Tap: Voters may decide Alaska ranked-choice voting initiative in 2020
• The Federal Tap: Georgia’s Kelly Loeffler (R) becomes newest U.S. Senator
• Ballotpedia Announces Smartphone App: My Vote Ballotpedia

February

• The Federal Judicial Vacancy Count 3/2/2020
• The State and Local Tap: Five states holding statewide primaries on March 3
• The Federal Tap: Your presidential and congressional Super Tuesday preview
• The Federal Tap: Nevada Democrats hold presidential nominating caucus
• The State and Local Tap: Karofsky, Kelly to meet in Wisconsin Supreme Court election April 7
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: February 2020
• The State and Local Tap: Wisconsin Supreme Court primary takes place Feb. 18
• The Federal Tap: Sanders, Trump win New Hampshire presidential primaries
• The State and Local Tap: Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates participate in forum
• The Federal Tap: Impeachment trial of President Trump ends
• The State and Local Tap: Gates wins runoff for Texas state House seat
• The Federal Tap: Iowa hosts first nominating event of 2020 election cycle

March

• The Federal Judicial Vacancy Count 4/2/2020
• The State and Local Tap: Twenty-three states have issued stay-at-home orders in response to coronavirus
• The Federal Tap: Fourteen states have postponed primaries for president, Congress
• The State and Local Tap: State and local governments respond to coronavirus pandemic
• The Federal Tap: Nine states postpone primaries
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: March 2020
• The State and Local Tap: Louisiana Secretary of State announces delayed presidential primary
• The Federal Tap: Biden wins Michigan and three other states, Sanders wins North Dakota
• Ballotpedia rolls out improved campaign finance data with Transparency USA
• The State and Local Tap: Cooper, Forest advance to general election in North Carolina governor’s race
• The Federal Tap: Biden wins 10 states, Sanders four in Super Tuesday primaries

April

• The Federal Judicial Vacancy Count 5/1/2020
• The State and Local Tap: Governors announce plans for reopening certain businesses
• The Federal Tap: Ohio to hold limited in-person voting for primaries
• The State and Local Tap: Seven more states close schools for remainder of academic year due to coronavirus
• The Federal Tap: White House releases guidance for reopening economy
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: April 2020
• The Federal Tap: Sanders ends presidential campaign, Biden is presumptive nominee
• The State and Local Tap: Wisconsin holds statewide elections, results to be released April 13
• The State and Local Tap: Forty-two states have issued stay-at-home orders
• The Federal Tap: Democrats postpone presidential convention until August
• Ballotpedia Teams Up With MistoBox for Politically Themed Coffee Deliveries

May

• The Federal Judicial Vacancy Count 6/2/2020
• The State and Local Tap: State supreme courts in Montana, Texas block mail-in voting modifications
• The Federal Tap: Nine states, Washington, D.C., to hold primaries on "Super Junesday"
• The State and Local Tap: States lift business restrictions imposed during pandemic
• The Federal Tap: Senate confirms Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence
• The State and Local Tap: Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down state's stay-at-home order
• The Federal Tap: Garcia wins U.S. House special in California, flipping district to Republicans
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: May 2020
• The State and Local Tap: Stay-at-home orders expire in nine states
• The Federal Tap: Voters to decide special elections in CA-25, WI-07
• The State and Local Tap: Eight states extend stay-at-home orders, seven states end them
• The Federal Tap: Supreme Court to hear cases via teleconference and broadcast live for first time

June

• The Federal Judicial Vacancy Count 7/2/2020
• The State and Local Tap: New York, Connecticut, New Jersey announce joint quarantine requirements for out-of-state travelers
• The Federal Tap: U.S. Senate confirms Trump's 200th judicial nominee
• Ballotpedia's Mid-Year Recall Report (2020)
• The State and Local Tap: New Hampshire, Oregon stay-at-home orders expire
• The Federal Tap: SCOTUS rules on DACA, sex-based discrimination
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: June 2020
• The State and Local Tap: Nine states release guidance on reopening schools
• The Federal Tap: Voters decide U.S. House, Senate primaries in five states
• The State and Local Tap: Five states to hold state executive, legislative primaries June 9
• The Federal Tap: Voters decide congressional primaries in eight states

July

• The Federal Judicial Vacancy Count 8/3/2020
• The State and Local Tap: Kansas State Board of Education rejects governor's order delaying start of schools
• The Federal Tap: Nikema Williams selected to replace late Rep. John Lewis on ballot
• The State and Local Tap: Oklahoma governor tests positive for coronavirus
• The Federal Tap: Tuberville, Hegar win Senate primary runoffs in Alabama, Texas
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: July 2020
• The State and Local Tap: Rokita wins Republican nomination for Indiana Attorney General over incumbent Hill
• The Federal Tap: Voters to decide congressional primaries, runoffs in Alabama, Maine, Texas

August

• The Federal Judicial Vacancy Count 9/1/2020
• The State and Local Tap: Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson (R) resigns
• The Federal Tap: Trump formally accepts Republican presidential nomination
• The State and Local Tap: Schools in Arizona, North Carolina reopen to in-person instruction
• The Federal Tap: Republican National Convention begins Monday
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: August 2020
• The State and Local Tap: How state ballot measures shaped women’s suffrage movement 100 years ago
• The Federal Tap: Biden selects Harris as running mate
• The State and Local Tap: Missouri voters approve Medicaid expansion
• The Federal Tap: Marshall, Hagerty win Republican U.S. Senate primaries in Kansas, Tennessee
• The State and Local Tap: Ohio House of Representatives replaces Speaker amid federal investigation
• The Federal Tap: Five states to hold congressional primaries Aug. 4

September

• The Federal Judicial Vacancy Count 10/1/2020
• The State and Local Tap: Missouri, Virginia governors test positive for coronavirus
• The Federal Tap: New York Times, CNN report Trump selects Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court
• The Federal Tap: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
• The State and Local Tap: Federal judge strikes down some of Gov. Wolf's COVID-19 orders
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: September 2020
• The State and Local Tap: Florida Supreme Court nullifies governor’s appointment to state’s highest court
• The Federal Tap: Last congressional primary before November to take place in Delaware

October

• The Federal Judicial Vacancy Count 11/2/2020
• The State and Local Tap: SCOTUS upholds absentee/mail-in ballot return extensions in North Carolina, Pennsylvania
• The Federal Tap: U.S. Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court
• The State and Local Tap: U.S. appeals court upholds Missouri rule preventing in-person return of mail-in ballots
• The Federal Tap: Trump, Biden meet in final presidential debate
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: October 2020
• The State and Local Tap: Federal judge extends Virginia’s voter registration deadline
• The Federal Tap: Biden, Trump hold competing town halls
• The State and Local Tap: Federal appeals court blocks extension of election deadlines in Wisconsin
• The Federal Tap: Trump discharged from Walter Reed Medical Center
• The State and Local Tap: Mississippi becomes first to lift statewide mask mandate
• The Federal Tap: President Trump, first lady test positive for COVID-19

November

• The Federal Judicial Vacancy Count 12/1/2020
• The State and Local Tap: States issue gathering, travel restrictions due to pandemic
• The Federal Tap: With all states called, Biden projected to win 306 Electoral College votes, Trump 232
• State Ballot Measure Monthly: November 2020
• The State and Local Tap: Fewest state legislative chambers switch partisan control since 1944
• The Federal Tap: Biden projected to win presidency
• The State and Local Tap: Gianforte wins Montana gubernatorial race
• The Federal Tap: Presidential race remains undecided, Biden leads in Electoral College
• Ballotpedia's top 15 ballot measures to watch on Nov. 3

December

• Ballotpedia's 2020 Recall Analysis
• The State and Local Tap: First coronavirus vaccines administered
• The Federal Tap: Electoral College selects Biden as president, Harris as vice president
• Ballotpedia:Analysis of the 2020 ballot measures
• The State and Local Tap: Recount continues in North Carolina Supreme Court race
• The Federal Tap: Early in-person voting begins Dec. 14 for Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff elections
• The State and Local Tap: Partisan control of Alaska House of Representatives still undecided
• The Federal Tap: Biden announces nominations for economic, communications teams
• Ballotpedia’s top 10 ballot measures to watch in 2020

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