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The Ballotpedia Voice was a biweekly podcast that offered quick snippets of the latest in state politics and elections. The podcast covered everything from ballot measures to state and federal branches of government. This was an original report by Ballotpedia.

For any questions or comments please email editor@ballotpedia.org with "Ballotpedia Voice" in the subject line. The Ballotpedia Voice was indefinitely suspended on October 1, 2013. Listen to past episodes below.

Episodes[edit]

2013[edit]

• Episode 1 (2013), highlighting Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.'s resignation and other congressional news! (January 10, 2013)

• Episode 2 (2013), a look ahead of what is to be expected in 2013 for state legislative, state executive, and ballot measure elections. (January 24, 2013)

• Episode 3 (2013), news updates on state legislative sessions around the country.(February 6, 2013)

• Episode 4 (2013), a rundown of the minimum wage proposal in New Jersey that voters will face this November.(February 21, 2013)

2012[edit]

• Episode 1 (2012), featuring a 2012 preview of state legislative elections (January 5, 2012)

• Episode 2 (2012), featuring a 2012 preview of United States Congress elections (January 12, 2012)

• Episode 3 (2012), featuring a 2012 preview of Political Recall Efforts in 2012 and a review of 2011 (January 26, 2012)

• Episode 4 (2012), featuring a look at West Virginia's candidate deadline for State Executive Official 2012 elections (February 2, 2012)

• Episode 5 (2012), featuring a look at West Virginia's 2012 candidate deadline for Congress and State Legislatures (February 9, 2012)

• Episode 6 (2012), featuring North Carolina's Same-Sex Marriage, Amendment 1, scheduled to appear on the May 8, 2012 ballot. (February 16, 2012)

• Episode 7 (2012), featuring an update on redistricting and primary election dates, as well as the latest on the redistricting plan in Texas. (February 23, 2012)

• Episode 8 (2012), featuring the latest in 2012 statewide recall efforts. (March 1, 2012)

• Episode 9 (2012), featuring a brief update of Ohio's primary election results and a look at upcoming primaries in Alabama and Mississippi where state executive and congressional seats are up for a vote. (March 8, 2012)

• Episode 10 (2012), featuring a preview of the upcoming Illinois primary and a peak at Congressional results in Alabama and Mississippi. (March 15, 2012)

• Episode 11 (2012), all about Sunshine Week and the availability of local ballot measure election information. Check out the full study here. (March 22, 2012)

• Episode 12 (2012), a look at Illinois primary election results and a preview of what's to appear on the Maryland primary. (March 29, 2012)

• Episode 13 (2012), a review of Maryland primary election results, as well as a look at upcoming filing deadlines including Tennessee's filing deadline on April 5, 2012. (April 5, 2012)

• Episode 14 (2012), a look at the status of 2012 political recall efforts and a glimpse of upcoming April 17 local ballot measure elections in Washington. (April 12, 2012)

• Episode 15 (2012), all about the current status of state ballot measure law and lawsuits in 2012. (April 19, 2012)

• Episode 16 (2012), reviewing the outcome of the Pennsylvania primary and Alabama primary runoff elections. (April 26, 2012)

• Episode 17 (2012), a preview of upcoming May 8 primary elections in North Carolina, Indiana and West Virginia, including a special look at North Carolina Amendment 1. (May 3, 2012)

• Episode 18 (2012), a summary of May 8 Wisconsin recall election results. (May 10, 2012)

• Episode 19 (2012), a review of May 15 primary election results in Idaho, Nebraska and Oregon. (May 17, 2012)

• Episode 20 (2012), a review of May 22 primary election results in Arkansas and Kentucky. Also, a look at Washington’s filing deadline. (May 24, 2012)

• Episode 21 (2012), a preview of upcoming June 5th statewide ballot measure elections. (May 31, 2012)

• Episode 22 (2012), a reflection on the June 5, 2012 primary and recall elections in California, Iowa, Montana, New Mexico, New Jersey, South Dakota, including recall elections in Wisconsin. (June 7, 2012)

• Episode 23 (2012), looking back at the results of the June 12, 2012 primary elections in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia. (June 14, 2012)

• Episode 24 (2012), an in-depth look at 2012 state legislative elections using the Competitiveness Index. (June 21, 2012)

• Episode 25 (2012), a look back at June 26, 2012 primary election results in Colorado, New York, Oklahoma and Utah. (June 28, 2012)

• Episode 26 (2012), an update on state ballot measure petition filing deadlines. A total of seven deadlines in the first week of July. (July 5, 2012)

• Episode 27 (2012), the latest on Congress and State Legislative redistricting. (July 12, 2012)

• Episode 28 (2012), a preview of Georgia's July 31st Sales Tax Increase to Fund Transportation Projects ballot measure. (July 26, 2012)

• Episode 29 (2012), a look back at the July 31 elections in Georgia and runoff elections in Texas. Additionally, a quick preview of August 2 elections in Tennessee. (August 2, 2012)

• Episode 30 (2012), a review of a early August primaries. Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Washington cast their votes on August 7, but just prior to that Tennessee held their primary on the August 2. (August 9, 2012)

• Episode 31 (2012), a review of Ballotpedia's newly-released first set of projections for state executive and state legislative elections. (August 16, 2012)

• Episode 32 (2012), a breakdown of Wyoming's August 21 primaries, as well as a glance at Ballotpedia's study dissecting results of legislative primaries.(August 23, 2012)

• Episode 33 (2012), a summary of the primaries that took place on August 28, 2012: congressional, state legislative, state executive office and ballot measure elections.(August 30, 2012)

• Episode 34 (2012), a summary of the primaries that took place on September 6 and 11, 2012: congressional, state legislative and state executive office, and a preview of New York's primaries on September 13, 2012.(September 13, 2012)

• Episode 35 (2012), a rundown of election results for Alabama Amendment 1, approved on September 18, 2012. Also, an introduction of the new Featured Article of the Week Segment!(September 20, 2012)

• Episode 36 (2012), a preview of 2012 ballot measures that are set to appear on the November 6, 2012 general election ballot.(October 4, 2012)

• Episode 37 (2012), a preview of State Executive elections set to take place on November 6, 2012.(October 11, 2012)

• Episode 38 (2012), a preview of Congressional elections set to take place on November 6, 2012.(October 18, 2012)

• Episode 39 (2012), a preview of State legislative elections set to take place on November 6, 2012.(October 25, 2012)

• Episode 40 (2012), a preview of statewide ballot measure elections set to take place on November 6, 2012.(November 1, 2012)

• Episode 41 (2012), November 6 ballot items are previewed, top to bottom, in this special edition of the Ballotpedia Voice!(November 5, 2012)

• Episode 42 (2012), recap of November 6 for congressional, state legislative, state executives and ballot measure elections.(November 15, 2012)

• Episode 43 (2012), a special podcast regarding the position of lieutenant governor and how the position is utilized across the country.(November 29, 2012)

• Episode 44 (2012), detailing the impact of federal action on previously approved statewide ballot measures regarding marriage, marijuana and gambling.(December 6, 2012)

• Episode 45 (2012), featuring small snippets of recent state legislative news, including a contentious battle in the New York State Senate.(December 13, 2012)

2011[edit]

• 1 (2011), featuring Ohio Senate Bill 5 Veto Referendum, Issue 2 (2011) (October 20, 2011)

• Episode 2 (2011), featuring 2011 state executive elections, specifically Mississippi's down ballot races (October 27, 2011)

• Episode 3 (2011), featuring November 8, 2011 local ballot measure elections (November 3, 2011)

• Episode 4 (2011), featuring a roundup of November 8, 2011 elections - state executive and state legislative races, as well as state ballot measures. (November 7, 2011)

• Episode 5 (2011), featuring results from November 8, 2011 elections including state executive, state legislative and state ballot measure results. (November 17, 2011)

• Episode 6 (2011), featuring November 8, 2011 notable local ballot measure election results. (December 1, 2011)

• Episode 7 (2011), featuring the latest in the 2011 redistricting process. (December 8, 2011)

• Episode 8 (2011), featuring A 2012 preview of statewide ballot measures. (December 15, 2011)

• Episode 9 (2011), featuring a 2012 preview of state executive officials elections. (December 22, 2011)

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See also[edit]

• Projects: Ballot Measures • Recall • Congress • State Officials • State Legislatures • Redistricting
• Other reports: Tuesday Count • Ballot Law Update • State Legislative Tracker • Redistricting Roundup