Weekly Brew: August 21, 2020

A weekly shot of this week's most viewed stories from Ballotpedia's Daily Brew. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of August 17 - August 21.             1. Scott Franklin defeats incumbent Rep. Ross Spano (R) in FL-15 On Tuesday, statewide elections were held in Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming. Both primaries in Florida's 15th Congressional District were included in the night's battleground elections. View full results by clicking below. Read more   2. The history of state ballot measures on women's suffrage Tuesday was also the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited the government from denying or abridging the right to vote on account of sex. We explored the history of ballot measures in the women's suffrage movement, available on our site. Read more   3. Comparing stances: presidential candidates on Medicare for All We recently started a new feature in the Brew comparing presidential candidates' stances on key policy issues. This week we looked at Medicare for All, compiled from campaign websites, editorials, speeches, and interviews. Read more   4. The local police-related measures to appear on November ballots One source of debate in public policy has been public police funding. So far, we’ve tracked 16 police-related measures in five states that will appear on the November ballot. Read more   5. North Dakota voters to decide constitutional amendment that would institute top-four primaries, ranked-choice voting The amendment would establish primaries open to all voters in which all candidates appear on the same ballot, and from which the top-four candidates proceed to the general election. Further, the amendment would establish ranked-choice voting in general elections Read more