Photo by Aphiwat chuangchoem on Pexels.com Did you remember to set your clocks back one hour last Sunday? If some lawmakers get their way, you might not need to worry about changing your clocks twice a year. The United States first implemented daylight saving time (DST) in 1918 as a wartime measure during the First [...]
Check back with us here for the most up-to-date election coverage, courtesy the Duane Morris Government Strategies team! Track the election results with our 2020 Election Guide & Results Tracker. Also, don't forget you can find out when polls closed in each state here. Other DMGS Election Coverage includes: Gubernatorial & State Legislative Race UpdatesVoters [...]
DMGS Highlights In order to win, a presidential candidate needs to reach 270 electoral votes. There are 538 total electoral votes.Despite polls closing at a certain time, results may not be known as quickly as normal due to the high volume of mail-in ballots. Find out what times polls will close in every state in [...]
What is a veto override? This summer, DMGS looked at gubernatorial vetoes. To recap, in a state’s checks and balances system, governors maintain the power to veto legislation. Each state has laws and rules outlining the veto process, which varies from state-to-state. There are also numerous veto types, including line-item vetoes, amendatory vetoes, reduction vetoes, pocket [...]
What happened during Virginia's special legislative session? Virginia lawmakers met from August through October in an unusual special session featuring hand sanitizer stations, Plexiglas separators, masks, and video chats. On October 21, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed a myriad of bills from the special session related to the state’s COVID-19 response and recovery, criminal justice [...]
Image Collage by Alana Burman In Michigan, lawmakers recently passed a package of legislation to address various COVID-19 policies, including those related to extending unemployment benefits and addressing COVID-19 liability. Unemployment Benefit Extension Senate Bill 0886 amends the Michigan Employment Security Act to add several provisions regarding COVID-related unemployment benefits. The bill essentially codifies and [...]
Which states are looking to implement Ranked-Choice Voting? DMGS Article Highlights Ranked-choice voting is an alternative to the standard “first-past-the-post” method most of the United States uses.Maine is the only state with ranked-choice voting for statewide and congressional races, but some municipalities across the country do as well.Other states are looking to implement or expand [...]
Digital collage by Alana Burman In the middle of the 2020 General Election, millions of voters have already cast ballots by mail, and millions more are making plans to vote in person on Election Day. However, not all Americans are eligible to cast a ballot. According to the ACLU, states have disenfranchised 5.85 million Americans [...]
Digital collage by Alana Burman DMGS Article Highlights HHS issued an April statement allowing pharmacists to order and administer COVID tests.States have taken action to address who can order and administer tests, including pharmacists, pharmacist interns, and pharmacist technicians.Some states have taken a legislative approach, while others have relied on their governors and executive agencies [...]
DMGS Article Highlights Earlier this year, DMGS took an in-depth look at Nevada’s two special sessions that convened this past summer. Like Nevada, Louisiana has also convened two special sessions this year. Louisiana’s second special session is currently ongoing. Refresh: What is a Special Session? Digital collage by Alana Burman; image source Unlike a regular [...]
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