Weekly Brew: September 10, 2021

A weekly shot of this week's most viewed stories from Ballotpedia's Daily Brew

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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 September 6 - September 10. Read On Ballotpedia BALLOTPEDIA

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Four additional states implement universal indoor mask requirements As of Sept. 9, four states—Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington—had implemented new indoor mask requirements for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals within the past 30 days. Seven states total have statewide mask orders for vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. KEEP READING

Texas Legislature adopts bill allowing the postponement of 2022 primary and filing deadlines The bill would allow postponement of primary and filing deadline dates if new district maps are not in place by specific dates specified in the bill. If the Texas Legislature adopts new district lines on or before Nov. 15, 2021, the current primary date and candidate filing deadlines would remain unchanged. KEEP READING

August 2021 breakdown of state legislative party membership: 54.26% Republicans, 44.72% Democrats Ballotpedia tallies the partisan balance of state legislatures at the end of every month. Republicans control 61 chambers, while Democrats hold 37. The Alaska House of Representatives is the nation’s only chamber with a multipartisan power-sharing coalition. KEEP READING

Colorado redistricting commission releases new proposed congressional maps The commission released a proposed congressional district map on Sept. 3. This is the first proposed map the commission released since the U.S. Census Bureau distributed block-level data from the 2020 census to states on Aug. 12. The commission held public hearings about the newly released maps this week. KEEP READING

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