Geoff Pallay

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[Geoff Pallay @gpallay]

@JTLonsdale Hey Joe! Sent you an idea over email - would love to discuss it further. Feel free to DM me here or email me and I can share more - thanks!

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New OTB: about 78 million people have voted early in this year's election. How does that compare to what we saw in 2020?

University of Florida’s Michael McDonald (@ElectProject)—one of the country’s foremost experts on early voting—breaks down his analysis of early voting:

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@hornets My son and I are attending tomorrow's game - it will be his first NBA game. Is this program still active? https://t.co/uJnwMzNHYo

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@donie @ballotpedia Thanks Donie! Appreciate the kind words. Hope you are staying safe and well right now!

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Big news! Ballotpedia’s Sample Ballot Lookup Tool is coming to app stores near you!
Check out our press release: https://t.co/n5ouXxhSqK

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Ballotpedia is covering 2,983 seats up for election on November 5! This includes gubernatorial elections, legislative elections, and municipal elections. Find out everything we're covering here ➡️ https://t.co/99sxBG1g3D

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Our new project w/ @EnCivOrg—Candidate Conversations—lets you watch your candidates interact in a virtual conversation. Think of it as speed research before you vote! Check out our conversation with SF DA candidates @chesaboudin, @suzyloftus & @Leif4SFDA: https://t.co/KttKycb1jE

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📅 SCOTUS released its October argument calendar for the 2019-2020 term. The new term begins on October 7. It will hear argument in 14 cases, some of which are consolidated, totaling nine hours of argument between 10/7 -10/16.
See the schedule:
https://t.co/7IK6bYczPs

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Are you ready for the first round of the Democratic primary presidential debates happening this week? Find out who made the cut and how in our latest episode of Beyond the Headlines.

[Geoff Pallay @gpallay]

@MadisonCzopek @ballotpedia Welcome! We are happy to have you! Finding political information can be like ripping down fences :). But with a bit less physical turbulence.

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@ElectionLawCtr Hello! Would you mind following me so we can start a DM conversation? I just submitted a form through your website as well. Thank you!

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@CMAnderson247 Because #luddites

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Love the new chart showing presidential candidates declared by week https://t.co/T0pI508YMP via @Ballotpedia

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As of March 1, legislatures in 29 states had introduced 82 bills relevant to public-sector union policy: 45 sponsored by Democrats and 29 by Republicans. https://t.co/VKJUhLmGlB

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From 1906 to 2018, 521 veto referendums appeared on the ballot in 23 states. North Dakota (75), Oregon (68), and California (48) had the most referendums while Wyoming (1), Nevada (2), and New Mexico (3) had the least. https://t.co/bDiDVTmjRq

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Should Arizona have a lieutenant governor? Voters may get to weigh in, depending how the state House votes. The state Senate approved such a constitutional amendment 23-7. https://t.co/46t0aYgqj7

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Will we see a shift in Houston's school board election system? A bill under consideration in the Texas State Senate would convert four of the board's seats to at-large positions: https://t.co/HaQHQdcTai #TXPolitics #txlege

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35 states directly elect their secretary of state, and three of those states are holding elections for the office this year: Kentucky, Missouri, and Louisiana. More on the duties of secretary of states across the country: https://t.co/sU75ff66vu

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U.S. Senate confirms Eric D. Miller to the Ninth Circuit, the first circuit court judge confirmation to occur without blue slip approval from home-state senators. https://t.co/X6QYhH4kbC #WAPol

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47 of 144 state legislators in Louisiana are ineligible to run for office because of term limits: https://t.co/0AomIGQz7A #LAlege
Louisiana is the only state where term limits were imposed by state lawmakers, rather than by ballot initiative.