What’s on the Ballot
Our Guides to the 2025 elections
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May 29, 2025
The 40 Elections to Watch This June
April 30, 2025
The 25 Elections to Watch This May
March 27, 2025
The 20 Elections to Watch This April
Chronicling the Nation’s Fragmented Institutions
There are thousands of public officials, elected on vastly varying schedules, with decisive roles in policy-making.
Our cheat sheets and databases offer readers a collection of resources that clarify who has the power to do what, and how they come to be in power in the first place. Created in 2018 by Daniel Nichanian, What’s on the Ballot joined Bolts in 2022.
Our Guides to the 2024 General Elections
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2024 General Elections
It’s not all about the presidential race and its few core swing states on Nov. 5: Beyond the battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, voters are deciding tens of… Read More
Your State-by-State Guide to the 2024 Supreme Court Elections
Voters this year are deciding the fate of 82 seats across 33 states’ high courts. Cases involving abortion, democracy, and other critical issues hang in the balance.
The 33 Prosecutor and Sheriff Elections that Matter to Criminal Justice in November
These offices have wide powers over the scope of incarceration and the conditions of detention, issues that are on the ballot from Tampa and Savannah to Phoenix.
Your Guide to All 12 States Choosing Their Next Elections Chief in November
Candidates are debating how easy to make mail voting and direct democracy. And in some states, election deniers are still bidding to take over the system.
Our 2024 Primary Guides
September 5, 2024
The Final Primaries of 2024
August 16, 2024
Your Guide to the August 20 Primaries
August 2, 2024
Your Guide to the August 6 Primaries
June 20, 2024
Your Guide to the June 25 Primaries
May 30, 2024
Your Guide to the June 4 Primaries
May 16, 2024
Your Guide to the May 21 Elections
April 17, 2024
Your Guide to Pennsylvania’s Primaries
March 13, 2024
Your Guide to Twenty Elections to Watch on March 19
February 27, 2024
Your Guide to What’s on the Ballot on Super Tuesday
February 5, 2024
Six Elections to Watch in February
Our resources on election administration
Who Runs Our Elections?
Our database compiles, state-by-state, the local offices who are responsible for administering elections at the county and municipal level.
Who Counts Our Elections?
Who are the local and state officials who are responsible for counting, canvassing, and certifying elections?
Our resources on state supreme courts
Your State-by-State Guide to Every State Supreme Court
Bolts breaks down the structure, selection procedures, and functions of each state’s highest court.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About State Supreme Courts
Why these courts matter, how they work, and the levers for changing them: Bolts answers your questions on these powerful institutions.
Our resources of the timeline of criminal justice elections
Which Counties Elect Their Prosecutors and Sheriffs in 2024?
Learn whether your county is hosting a prosecutor or sheriff race next year.
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Revisit our 2022 & 2023 Election Guides
October 11, 2023
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2023 General Elections
Explore our guide to dozens of elections to watch this fall, from governors and lawmakers to DAs and mayors.
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2022 General Elections
Our guide to hundreds of elections to watch closely up and down the ballot, from judges and senators to secretaries of state and mayors.
What to Watch in the Primaries from September 6 to September 13
Here are the 29 elections that Bolts is watching in Massachusetts, Delaware, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
What to Watch in the August 23 Primaries
Florida, New York, and Oklahoma head to the polls on Tuesday to settle their primaries.
What to Watch in the Primaries between August 9 and August 16
28 elections to watch across Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, for governor, prosecutor, Congress, and more.
What to Watch in the August 2 and August 4 Primaries
The 36 elections to watch across Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Tennessee, and Washington.
What to Watch in the June 28 Primaries
Here are 44 elections that matter across Colorado, Illinois, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah.
What to Watch in the June 14 Primaries
Voters are settling primaries in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, and South Carolina, and Texas holds a competitive special election.
What to Watch in the June 7 Primaries
Here are 58 key races on one of 2022’s busiest election days, as voters settle primaries in California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota.
What to Watch in the May 24 Primaries
Your guide to dozens of elections that are worth watching on Tuesday in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, and Texas, from state supreme courts and governors to local DAs.
What to Watch in the May 17 Primaries
Bolts is following dozens of primaries as Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon, and Pennsylvania head to the polls.
What Primaries to Watch from May 3 to May 10
Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska, and West Virginia settle heated primaries for senator, secretary of state, and more. Here are 26 elections to watch.
What to Watch in Wisconsin’s April 5 Elections
On the menu are elections for school board and for offices that touch on the mounting fights around election administration.
What to Watch in the Texas Primaries
The 40 elections in the Texas primary that Bolts is watching, and why they matter.
