November 9, 2023 2023 Elections: Takeaways From Tuesday’s Off-Year Contest Experts at NCSL’s Base Camp meeting tallied the wins and losses and teased out the trends in the 2023 election. State Legislatures News, Policy, Elections State Legislatures News
November 8, 2023 Fiscal Ballot Measures: Voters Favor Property Tax Relief Three states had tax and budget initiatives on the ballot Tuesday, with a fourth state to weigh in later this month. This story breaks down the results and looks ahead to coming votes. State Legislatures News, Policy, Elections, Fiscal State Legislatures News
November 8, 2023 Odd-Year Election Goes Well for Democrats, but GOP Still Runs More Chambers In Tuesday’s odd-year election, Democrats either held steady or won an advantage; Republicans can celebrate a new trifecta in Louisiana, where the governorship shifted to red. Republicans now fully control 23 states and Democrats control... State Legislatures News, Policy, Elections State Legislatures News
November 8, 2023 Voters Approve Ballot Measures on Abortion Rights, Recreational Cannabis Voters pass headline-grabbing ballot measures on Abortion Rights and Recreational Cannabis. Meanwhile, most other ballot measures this year dealt with taxes and state funds, with voters generally approving those creating or broadening tax... State Legislatures News, Policy, Elections State Legislatures News
October 26, 2023 Options to Vote in Person Before Election Day Have Grown A new NCSL report, “The Evolution of Absentee/Mail Voting Laws, 2020-22,” finds that states expanded options to vote in person before election day and that the number of states that offer no-excuse absentee voting as a permanent... State Legislatures News, Policy, Elections State Legislatures News
October 25, 2023 Odd Ones Out: Just 4 States Hold Off-Year Elections This story explains the historical reasons that only four states—Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia—hold elections in odd years. State Legislatures News, Policy, Elections State Legislatures News