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WEB3 days ago · In 2024, Politics Is Local. Bolts covers the nuts and bolts of power and political change, from the local up. We report on the places, people, and policies that shape public policy. We focus on criminal justice and voting rights, …
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WEBAbout Us. Bolts covers the nuts and bolts of power and political change, from the local up. We report on the local elections and obscure institutions that shape public policy but are dangerously overlooked in the U.S., and the grassroots movements that are targeting them. We focus on two areas where local governments play a key role: criminal ...
Florida Law Strikes “Deathblow” to Outside Groups Trying to …
WEB1 day ago · Florida Law Strikes “Deathblow” to Outside Groups Trying to Register New Voters. The GOP imposed new restrictions on voter registration organizations, and threatened them with steep fines for violations. Now these groups are scrambling to adapt. A QR code sign is displayed at Florida Atlantic University in …
Direct Democracy Scores a Win in Michigan’s High Court. Can
WEBAug 5, 2024 · In recent years, major decisions by Michigan’s high court have often come down to a party-line split, raising the stakes of the November elections on issues beyond election law. In 2022, the court two years ago issued a string of 4-3 decisions that created new protections for youth from severe punishments. Just last week, the court found that ...
What’s on the Ballot - Bolts
WEBSep 5, 2024 · There are thousands of public officials, elected on vastly varying schedules, with decisive roles in policy-making. Our cheat sheets and databases offer readers a collection of resources that clarify who has the power to do what, and how they come to be in power in the first place. Created in 2018 by Daniel Nichanian, What’s on the Ballot ...
“It’s Our Last Backstop”: How Voting Access in Montana Rides on …
WEB2 days ago · That left only the Montana Supreme Court. “It’s our last backstop,” Keaton Sunchild, director of civic engagement at the nonprofit Western Native Voice, told Bolts recently. Sunchild’s organization was part of a coalition, including the state Democratic Party and various Native American groups, that sued over the 2021 voting restrictions.
“A Weapon by the State to Silence Our Voices” - Bolts
WEBApr 3, 2023 · Critical infrastructure laws represent a backlash to Indigenous-led protest movements, which have stopped or delayed the equivalent of at least a quarter of yearly emissions in the U.S. and Canada, according to a 2021 report by the Indigenous Environmental Network. The first critical infrastructure laws were proposed and passed following the success of protesters at Standing Rock in ...
In 2022, Intense Clashes Between Criminal Justice Reformers and
WEBFeb 8, 2022 · In a span of 13 months in 2020 and 2021, New Orleans elected a district attorney who vowed to break with the office’s “tough-on-crime” legacy, two local judges who were working as public defenders, and a sheriff who ran against the jail’s dismal conditions to oust the incumbent. Each result taken on its own was a triumph for the local activists pushing against the city’s ...
Ask Bolts: What’s on State and Local Ballots this November
WEBAsk Bolts. November is fast approaching, and while the presidential election is hogging the spotlight, thousands of state and local races will also have tremendous effects on public policy, from deciding who controls state legislatures to settling whether abortion rights are protected. That’s doubly true for criminal justice and voting rights ...
Your Guide to All 12 States Choosing Their Next Elections Chief in ...
WEB5 days ago · Today Bolts is publishing a new guide that walks you through these elections in all 12 states. In some of these states, including Missouri, Oregon, and Vermont, a candidate is once again running who has clearly embraced false conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. They’ve proposed taking drastic actions such as ...
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