Joseph Gamer Greaney

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Nevada Gov. Lombardo vetoes drop box bill framed as a measure to speed up election resultsMay 29, 2025 at 9:06 PMOn May 22, 2025, Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) vetoed AB 306, a bill that would have increased the availability of mail ballot drop boxes and added new security requirements for maintaining them.   Under current law, county clerks must make a ballot drop box available at every polling location while that polling place is open, including early voting locations.

2 weeks ago | news.ballotpedia.org | Joseph Gamer Greaney

Boston City Council advances RCV proposal for city electionsMay 21, 2025 at 10:37 AMOn May 14, 2025, the Boston, Massachusetts city council voted 8-4 to approve a home rule petition to adopt ranked-choice voting (RCV) for city elections. The petition needs approval from Mayor Michelle Wu (D), who said she would sign the measure, before it goes to the state legislature for consideration. If passed by the legislature and signed by Gov.

3 weeks ago | news.ballotpedia.org | Joseph Gamer Greaney

Montana Gov. Gianforte (R) signs bill banning the use of extreme risk protection ordersMay 13, 2025 at 1:55 PMOn May 8, Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) signed into law, banning local governments in the state from enacting or enforcing extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs). The Republican-sponsored bill passed the legislature largely along party lines, but two Republicans in both the Montana House of Representatives and Montana Senate voted against the bill.

3 weeks ago | news.ballotpedia.org | Joseph Gamer Greaney

West Virginia enacts bill aligning municipal election datesMay 11, 2025 at 10:25 AMOn April 24, 2025, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R) signed SB 50, requiring all local municipal elections to be held concurrently with a regularly scheduled statewide primary or general election by 2032. The Republican-sponsored bill passed the West Virginia Legislature with bipartisan support, including a unanimous vote in the West Virginia Senate.

Feb 13, 2025 | news.ballotpedia.org | Joseph Gamer Greaney

All but two state legislatures are currently convening their regular 2025 legislative sessions. Lawmakers in these states have already introduced more than 2,300 bills related to election administration this year. Among states where lawmakers have advanced election policy bills is Kansas. Kansas has a divided government and is one of two states, along with Kentucky, with a Democratic governor and a Republican veto-proof state legislative majority.