Empowering Confident Voters: Celebrating National Voter Education Week
On this episode: Ballotpedia’s communications team takes over On the Ballot to kick off National Voter Education Week with guest Zoë Williamson-Crettini from the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition...
6 Okt 202518min
How Many House Seats Could Flip as a Result of Redistricting Efforts Around the Country?
On this episode: Several states are moving to redraw their congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms, reviving a practice that has happened before but rarely on this scale. Texas has already acted...
3 Okt 202520min
Building Robust Information on 500,000 Local Officials — Office Hours Ep. #4
On this episode: Ballotpedia’s work often highlights high-profile elections, but behind the scenes, our staff and volunteers are tackling an even bigger challenge: Gathering reliable information on th...
30 Sep 202522min
SCOTUS 2025-26 Term Preview: Tariffs, Voting Rights Act, Agency Power & More
On this episode: The Supreme Court’s 2025 term opens with a docket that could reshape trade, elections, civil rights, and executive power. Among the major cases: challenges to Trump-era tariffs that t...
23 Sep 202523min
Alaska Politics on the Ballot: Relocating the Capital, Oil Dividends, and RCV
On this episode: Alaska’s history with ballot measures stretches back before statehood and has produced some of the country’s most distinctive political experiments. In 1956, voters approved the “Tenn...
19 Sep 202517min
Senate Invokes ‘Nuclear Option’ to Fast Track Presidential Nominations
On this episode: Senate Republicans pushed through a major change to how presidential nominees are confirmed, lowering the threshold to a simple majority and allowing many nominees to be approved in l...
16 Sep 202516min
Can Congress Avoid a Government Shutdown? w/ Burgess Everett
On this episode: Congress faces another high-stakes deadline as the fiscal year draws to a close, and divisions over how to fund the government are coming to a head. Senate and House leaders are weigh...
12 Sep 202515min
Prop 50, Explained — Inside California’s Redistricting Push
On this episode: CA voters will decide this fall whether to approve Proposition 50, a ballot measure that would amend the state’s constitution to temporarily suspend the state’s independent redistrict...
9 Sep 202517min
