By Greg Janetka and Maresa Strano SALEM, OR: There are four statewide offices on the ballot in the Beaver state this year - attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and labor commissioner. Three incumbents are seeking re-election, with the fourth, attorney general John Kroger, retiring to become president of Reed College. The only two primary contests awaiting settlement tomorrow are the Democratic nominations for attorney general and secretary of state. Besides [...]

By Al Ortiz and Eric Veram RALEIGH, North Carolina: After months of campaigning from both support and opposition, voters ultimately spoke out in favor of North Carolina Amendment 1 on May 8. With all 100 counties reporting, unofficial results of the only ballot measure on the May 8 primary ballot shows that the measure has been approved with 61.05% voters voting “yes” and 38.95% [...]

Newsletter Signup Edited by Al Ortiz It is a busy time in the ballot measure world. The first ballot measure election of 2012 in North Carolina will take place today, where the highly-scrutinized Amendment 1 will be decided by voters. In addition, there were two ballot-certifications and two petition drive deadlines this past week. The total ballot measure count across [...]

By Ballotpedia’s Congressional and State legislative teams The fast-moving primary season of May and June begins tomorrow with elections in Indiana, North Carolina, and West Virginia. Both Indiana and West Virginia have a U.S. Senate seat up for election in 2012. All three states will elect representatives to the U.S. House. On the state level, both state Senate and state House seats are on the ballot [...]

By Ballotpedia’s Congressional and State legislative teams The fast-moving primary season of May and June begins tomorrow with elections in Indiana, North Carolina, and West Virginia. Both Indiana and West Virginia have a U.S. Senate seat up for election in 2012. All three states will elect representatives to the U.S. House. On the state level, both state Senate and state House seats are on the ballot [...]

BOISE, Idaho: The month of May begins with a crucial step for initiative proponents to get their proposal on the ballot in Idaho. Today, May 1 marks the 2012 petition drive deadline for supporters of potential ballot measures to submit collected signatures to the Idaho Secretary of State‘s office. Currently there are three measures that [...]

Washington: On April 17, residents in twenty-one counties in Washington voted on various local issues. There was a total of forty measures posted on the ballots throughout the state and results posted show that thirty-two of those measures gained approval, 80 percent overall. Of those forty measures, twenty-three dealt with either school bonds or taxes. Out of [...]

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota: On Wednesday, April 4, the Minnesota Voter Identification Amendment moved to this year’s November ballot after it passed through the stateSenate on a 35-29 vote. The amendment passed through the state House the day before with a vote of 72-57.[1] Oddly, this is the second time the amendment has cleared the state Legislature. This is because this newly passed amendment is actually a [...]

By Maresa Strano In late March, a candidate running for Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries in the upcoming election sued secretary of state Kate Brown for neglecting to notify either of the race’s candidates that the election date had been moved from May to November. The candidate who initiated the suit, Republican Bruce Starr, theorized a conspiracy was at play, led by the [...]

By Jennifer Springer ANNAPOLIS, Maryland: Tomorrow voters in Maryland head to the polls to cast their ballot for congressional candidates in eight U.S. House districts. There are no state legislative primaries tomorrow, as members of the state legislature were elected to four-year terms in 2010. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. [...]