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Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. If you like this newsletter, consider signing up for The Daily Brew to wake up and learn something new each day.
Here are the top stories from the week of August 21- August 25. |
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Talking off-cycle elections on the Ballotpedia Podcast
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Whether an election is conducted off-cycle or on-cycle significantly impacts voter turnout.
The extent to which election timing affects voter turnout varies across states and jurisdictions, but research has shown that turnout drops significantly in off-cycle elections.
In our Aug. 10 episode of On the Ballot, we talked to University of California—San Diego Professor Zoltan Hajnal about how the timing of elections—off-cycle, on-cycle, and more—affects turnout and voter engagement.
Click here to listen to the full conversation with Professor Hajnal. If you want to read more about election timing, check out our articles on off-cycle and on-cycle elections.
New episodes of On the Ballot come out on Thursday afternoons. Don't miss out on the latest content! Click below to listen to older episodes and find links to where you can subscribe. |
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Ohio could become 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana if voters approve November initiative
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Ohio could become the 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana if voters approve an upcoming initiative on Nov. 7.
On Aug. 16, Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) announced that the measure qualified for the ballot after the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol submitted more than the required number of valid signatures.
The coalition originally submitted 222,198 signatures on July 5. The initiative needed 124,046 valid signatures to qualify. After vetting the signatures, election officials found that the coalition was short 679. Proponents were given 10 days to submit an additional round of signatures, which they did on Aug. 3.
If approved, Ohio would also become the most populous state with a Republican trifecta to legalize recreational marijuana. |
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California voters to decide 11th parcel tax ballot measure this year, 961st since 2008
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Voters in Santa Lucia Community Services District, a special district in Monterey County, will decide on a parcel tax ballot measure—Measure T—on Aug. 29. The measure will be the 11th local parcel tax ballot measure California voters have decided this year, and the 961st they have decided since 2008.
Measure T would enact an annual tax of $954.67 on developed and undeveloped estate residential parcels. Revenue from the parcel tax would provide funding for the district's fire and EMS services. Owners of the parcels would pay the tax.
A two-thirds vote is required to approve Measure T.
We first wrote about California’s parcel taxes back in our July 11 edition. That day, voters in Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District, a special district in the Sierra Nevada, rejected Measure E, a parcel tax measure that would have enacted a tax on non-exempt residential and commercial parcels based on the number of parking spaces assigned to each parcel. The tax would have provided funding for the Kirkwood Volunteer Fire Department's fire suppression and prevention services. |
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