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Each week, The Weekly Brew brings you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. If you like this newsletter, sign up to The Daily Brew with one click to wake up and learn something new each day.
Here are the top stories from the week of March 31 - April 4. |
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Kansas voters will decide citizenship voting requirement amendment in 2026—voters in eight states approved similar measures in 2024
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On Nov. 3, 2026, Kansas voters will decide on a constitutional amendment allowing only U.S. citizens to vote. Voters in eight states approved similar measures in 2024, and South Dakota voters will also be deciding on such an amendment in 2026.
In 1996, the U.S. Congress passed a law prohibiting noncitizens from voting in federal elections, including elections for the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, and president. This law does not apply to elections for state and local offices. The District of Columbia and certain California, Maryland, and Vermont municipalities allow noncitizens to vote in some or all local elections. |
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A new On the Ballot breaks down April 1 election results
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In this week’s On the Ballot podcast, we analyzed results from the April 1st elections. In the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, Judge Susan Crawford defeated former state attorney general Brad Schimel 55%-45%. Crawford’s win preserved a 4-3 liberal majority on the court, while a Schimel win would have given conservatives a 4-3 majority. More than 2.3 million Wisconsinites voted in this election, an increase from the 1.8 million who voted in the 2023 state supreme court race.
In Florida, Republicans won a pair of special elections for two vacant seats in the U.S. House previously held by Republicans. Both elections saw a shift of more than 15 points in favor of the Democratic candidate compared to their November 2024 vote margins. We took a look at how those compared to special elections in the first year of both Joe Biden's (D) and Donald Trump’s (R) first terms in the Brew. |
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Eleven multistate lawsuits have been filed against the Trump Administration
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According to the State Litigation and AG Activity Database, 11 multistate lawsuits have been filed against the Trump Administration as of March 23. Multistate lawsuits are legal actions involving two or more state attorneys general.
The largest coalition of states can be found in the case New York v. Trump, in which 23 Democratic state attorneys general are challenging the Trump administration’s federal grant freeze. As of March 23, federal courts had granted a preliminary injunction in the case, which temporarily pauses implementation of the federal grant freeze.
Looking at multistate lawsuits filed against the federal government from 1981 to present, Trump’s first term had the highest number at 160. |
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Louisiana voters reject four constitutional amendments on Saturday, March 29
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On Saturday, March 29, Louisiana voters rejected four constitutional amendments.
Axios' Chelsea Brasted wrote that these election results are "significant [losses] for Gov. Jeff Landry (R), who campaigned in support of all four, and it'll likely reshape how lawmakers do business during the upcoming legislative session."
Landry said, "Although we are disappointed...we do not see this as a failure. We realize how hard positive change can be to implement in a State that is conditioned for failure. This is not the end for us."
Take a closer look at those amendments:
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Amendment 1 would have authorized the Louisiana Supreme Court to discipline out-of-state lawyers for unethical legal practices in the state and provide the court with the power to establish trial courts of limited and specialized jurisdiction.
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Amendment 2 would have amended the state constitution concerning taxes and the state budget.
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Amendment 3 would have allowed the Louisiana Legislature to determine in state law which specific felony crimes can result in a juvenile being tried as an adult.
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Amendment 4 would have provided that judicial vacancies should be filled by calling a special election at the earliest available date pursuant to state law.
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