At Rick’s gracious invitation, I’ll be guest-blogging here for the next couple of days. If you come across something that warrants a post, feel free to email me through the link provided here. — Dan Tokaji

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has this report.

The NY Times has this report on Governor Eliot Spitzer’s efforts to overhaul New York’s campaign finance system.

Prompted by Congress’ ongoing investigation of the Justice Department, Gerry Hebert and Margie Burns each offer thoughts on alleged vote caging by Republican operatives.

Frances Hill has this post on the Campaign Legal Center Blog, prompted by yesterday’s NY Times story on John Edwards’ use of nonprofits. Hill, like Bauer, invokes Casablanca (I’m shocked, shocked …).

Invoking Casablanca (“This place is full of vultures, vultures everywhere!”), Bob Bauer shares these thoughts on watchdog groups’ objections to a proposed disclosure requirement for those filing ethics complaints reported in The Hill.

Exercising one of its responsibilities under HAVA, the Election Assistance Commission has accredited InfoGuard Labs, as the third voting system testing lab. See this press release. More on the accreditation process may be found here and here. Earlier… Continue reading

The Campaign Finance Institute has issued this report, written by Michael J. Malbin and Sean A. Cain. From the press release announcing the report: This is the first study in a multi-year effort, The CFI Small Donor Project. The… Continue reading

The Washington Post has this report.

The Charlotte Observer has this editorial criticizing North Carolina Auditor Les Merritt, who caused the state senate to delay voting on a same-day registration bill as noted here and here.

Michael Richardson offers these thoughts.

The Ohio State Law Journal has now posted this page with links to the papers being published in its two-issue symposium. They include the following: -Edward Foley, The Ohio State University, Election Law and the Roberts Court: An Introduction -Richard… Continue reading

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Wan Kim testified yesterday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which focused on allegations that career attorneys were pushed aside to (in the reported words of Brad Schlozman) “make room for some good Americans.” Kim… Continue reading

See reports here and here on the vote that Ontario, Canada will have in the fall on whether to move to a mixed-member proportional system that was proposed by the Citizens’ Assembly on Election Reform. Heather Gerken has written… Continue reading