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WEB2 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, and delve further in our vertical What’s on the Ballot. You Asked Bolts.
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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 ...
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2024 General Elections - Bolts
WEBOct 2, 2024 · Enter our annual cheat sheet to help you track this busy general election. On this page, we have identified 520 elections (and counting) up and down the ballot, and why they matter. This includes powerful officials, from U.S. senators and state supreme courts to sheriffs and mayors, plus dozens of ballot measures.
What’s on the Ballot - Bolts
WEBOct 2, 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 ...
“Agony” and “Suffering” as Alabama Experiments with Nitrogen …
WEB1 day ago · Alan Miller had spent the six months leading up to his execution confined to his cell. Though Miller was never given an explanation for the heightened captivity, which had over the past few years become routine for people facing execution in Alabama, he used the time to conduct his own research on the state’s plan to kill him with nitrogen gas.
Arizona GOP Asks Voters to Nullify the Judicial Elections They’ll Be ...
WEBSep 27, 2024 · He proposed a bill in 2021 to allow lawmakers to attribute Arizona’s electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate they choose, regardless of how people vote. This year’s Prop 137 would cancel retention elections for supreme court justices, judges on the state’s court of Appeals, and superior court judges in counties above 250,000 ...
Waiting for a Second Look - Bolts
WEBMar 17, 2022 · Waiting for a Second Look. People given lengthy sentences at a young age are seeking relief through D.C.’s landmark sentencing reforms, but they face hurdles due to the pandemic and a dysfunctional federal prison system. Will Lennon |March 17, 2022. Ned McAllister was released on December 1, 2021 after serving nearly 28 years in prison.
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 ...
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WEBMay 15, 2024 · <img width="2000" height="1333" src="https://boltsmag.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/34504413895_1cb7adc514_k-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post ...
Your Guide to the August 20 Primaries - Bolts
WEBAugust 16, 2024. |. Alaska Florida Wyoming. Matt Gaetz is running for a fifth congressional term in Florida in a proxy battle against former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (Gage Skidmore/Flickr). Similar factional wars are rocking the GOP in the states with primaries on Tuesday, on opposite sides of the nation’s map. Wyoming’s ultraconservative ...