Reuters has this story, reporting on a proposal to end the ban on consecutive terms for legislators.

Bob Bauer has this post on “More Soft Money Hard Law,” commenting on Saturday’s NYT editorial.

Berkeley Electronic Press’s “The Forum” this set of articles, including one on competition and turnout from Michael McDonald.

Bruce Ackerman considers what might be done to prepare for the mass incapacitation of members of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches here.

Election Law @ Moritz has released this overview of election administration issues in five midwestern states: Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. It includes discussion of voting technology, absentee ballots, provisional ballots, voter ID, and polling place operations.

The L.A. Times has this story, on the ongoing dispute regarding Florida’s 13th Congressional District, where Republican Vern Buchanan leads Democrat Christine Jennings by 369 votes. The story reports that: “Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi’s pledge to bring bipartisan peace to… Continue reading

A state judge has ordered that 23,000 ballots be hand-recounted in the race for the Pennsylvania House’s 156th District, according to this AP report. Democrat Barbara McIlvaine Smith leads Republican Shannon Royer by 23 votes, which would give Democrats… Continue reading

The AP has this report.

Tony Quinn has this op-ed in the L.A. Times on the prospects for redistricting reform in California … and what Gov. Schwarzenegger should do.

The Salt Lake Tribune reports here that Utah’s switch from punch cards to Diebold electronic voting technology doubled the costs of this year’s elections.

The Morris News Bee has this story on a Township Committee election, in which the Democratic candidate Jeff Grayzel trails the Republican candidate Joseph Calvanelli Jr. by a single vote (4,217-4,216) after a recount. Grayzel is challenging the result in… Continue reading

The Columbus Dispatch has this report, finding that 15.3% of voters used absentee ballots. Ohio instituted no-fault absentee voting for the first time in 2006. The Dispatch also finds that the percentage of provisional ballots increased slightly. See this … Continue reading

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights has scheduled a hearing on Renewing the Temporary Provisions of the Voting Rights Act: Legislative Options After LULAC v. Perry, to take place this Thursday at… Continue reading

W. Hardy Callcott has filed this petition with the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), asking that it amend or repeal MSRB Rule G-37’s $250 contribution limit on the ground that it’s unconstitutional under Randall v. Sorrell.