Parties Have Elected Their Leaders for the 117th Congress Most top lawmakers are returning to their leadership roles House Democrats will have a smaller majority in the new Congress Formal speaker election takes place on first day Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is the party’s nominee; said this could be her last term as speaker Members could [...]
Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image source by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay UPDATED: 11/24 Nearly 11 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States this year, with over 247,000 deaths. As COVID-19 cases surge heading into the winter season, many states are considering or already implementing new restrictions to help curb the spread of the [...]
Earlier this fall, we examined the five states where marijuana legalization would appear before voters via ballot measures. This includes New Jersey, Montana, South Dakota, Arizona, and Mississippi. Heading into the election, thirty-three states have legalized medical marijuana, and 11 have legalized recreational adult-use marijuana. In the last presidential election year (2016), marijuana legalization measures passed in eight out [...]
Earlier this fall, we looked at a few states across the country and what measures would appear on voters' ballots. With Election Day in the not-so-distant rear-view mirror, where have voters landed on key ballot measures across the country? Arizona In Arizona, Proposition 207 appeared on the ballot. The law would allow limited marijuana possession, [...]
UPDATED: 11:30 a.m. EST, 11/11/2020 As you know, heading into the 2020 elections, there are 36 trifectas: 15 Democratic and 21 Republican. The other 14 states are under divided government, meaning they have neither a Democratic nor a Republican trifecta. How have election results changed the partisan control in each state? We will be updating [...]
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 [...]
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