Campaign Finance Institute Executive Director Michael Malbin offers these comments in response to criticism of its recent report finding that Obama received about the same amount from small donors as did Bush in 2004.

The New Republic has this story on election administration problems that mostly went under-the-radar on Election Day. A snippet: In fact, the 2008 election was rife with the same problems that have bedeviled others in recent years. It was only… Continue reading

Countering the conventional wisdom, FairVote argues in this press release that “2008 marked a record low in the number of competitive states since 1960 and a record high in the number of completely non-competitive states.”

Hans von Spakovsky offers this perspective on the Virginia Board of Elections’ failure to comply with UOCAVA. Without pretending to speak for the “liberal political establishment,” I’m inclined to agree with him.

John Lott offers these observations.

Karl Rove has this op-ed in today’s WSJ. Bob Bauer responds here.

As the Franken-Coleman recount drama continues, Minnesota Public Radio has this report on the campaigns efforts to raise money to fund their ongoing efforts.

See this story on a $975,000 settlement between the Washington Education Association and the state attorney general’s office.

The Rocky Mountain News has this report on the rejection of a complaint by Colorado Ethics Watch against two 527s.

The Toledo Blade has this story on a bill that would, among other things, close the so-called “Golden Week” window during which voters may simultaneously register and cast an absentee ballot.

Jeffrey Zaino of the American Arbitration Association and Jeanne S. Zaino of Iona College have this paper, presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association’s annual meeting. Relying on a survey of state election officials, they find that only a… Continue reading

The Sacramento Bee has this report and the San Jose Mercury News this one, on polling by the Public Policy Institute of California. The full report is available here. It includes polling on Proposition 11, the redistricting… Continue reading

A report on problems in Cuyahoga County, Ohio may be found here. From the press release: A month after Election Day, filmmaker Sanford Lewis released a video report profiling the problems that numerous Cleveland area voters had casting their… Continue reading

The University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Center and FactCheck.org are hosting this conference on December 12, 2008 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Here’s the description: The candidates were not the only ones trying to sway voters in the 2008 presidential… Continue reading