Weekly Brew: September 3, 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 August 30 - September 3. Read On Ballotpedia BALLOTPEDIA

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SCOTUS Roundup: Orders include eviction moratorium, vaccine requirements, abortion regulations While the Supreme Court does not begin its new term until Oct. 4, the court is still issuing opinions from its emergency docket. This includes cases that are not part of the court’s merits docket and scheduled for argument. In Monday’s Brew, we had a roundup of key orders from August. KEEP READING

Major party competition in state legislative elections reaches decade high Of the 220 state legislative seats up for election this year in New Jersey and Virginia, 93% will feature a Democrat and a Republican on the general election ballot this November. This is the highest percentage of state legislative seats being contested by both major parties at any point in the past decade. KEEP READING

The final stretch of California’s gubernatorial recall Early voting has already begun in the race. County election officials began mailing absentee/mail-in ballots to all registered voters on Aug. 16. Forty-six candidates—including nine Democrats and 24 Republicans—will appear on the ballot as options for succeeding Newsom should he be recalled. KEEP READING

51 years ago this month, North Dakota voters approve constitutional convention On Sept. 1, 1970, North Dakota voters approved a proposal to hold a constitutional convention. The state legislature referred the proposal to the ballot, and voters approved it 58.6% to 41.4%. The vote set in motion a year-and-a-half-long drafting and approval process. Read more at the link below. KEEP READING

WA school board candidate re-enters race after receiving most primary votes Clallam County, Washington, has the nation's longest unbroken record of voting for the winning presidential candidate—going back four decades to 1980. In one of the county’s interesting local races, a candidate who suspended her school board campaign won the most votes in the Aug. 2 primary. KEEP READING

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