Bolts (magazine)

Bolts covers the parts of state power most voters skip on the ballot: state supreme courts, lesser-known offices and the citizen initiatives that rewrite state law. It is a nonprofit magazine whose recurring focus is criminal justice, policing, voting rights and democracy, and it follows those fights across many states at once, so a story on new rules for ballot initiatives in Arkansas sits beside results from Missouri and Virginia. Its What's on the Ballot resources, offered since 2018, are a practical help before any election. The choice of topics has a clear point of view, so pair it with a broader source.