I would imagine that many of you are filling out your ballots these days and may be wondering about some of the down ballot items. Bolts. com has a very useful cheat sheet of more than 500 critical races, and our election guides to supreme court races and to local criminal justice races. Editor Daniel Nichanian also responded vo some of your questions in their Ask Bolts feature:
Navigate to the question that most interests you here, or scroll down to explore them all at your leisure:
Which legislative chambers may flip in November?
Jump to our answer.What happens in elections where no one is running?
Jump to our answer.Which party will win more congressional delegations, in case that matters for the presidential election?
Jump to our answer.What happens if you walk into the wrong polling place by mistake?
Jump to our answer.I spent hours trying to research our local candidates’ platforms and it was fruitless. Shouldn’t every candidate have a website with their platform?!
Jump to our answer.I can’t seem to get people to care about boards of canvassers. Can you explain the significance of the offices that play a role in elections?
Jump to our answer.
It’s almost here folks and if we’ve learned anything in these looney MAGA years, it’s that we need to pay attention to the state and local elections where the Republicans have focused much of their energy. At some point that power starts to accumulate and there’s no end to what they can get away with.