Over at the FairVote.blog, Rob Richie has this post on how the primary schedule has elevated the temperature of the Clinton-Obama race, and this one on the National Popular Vote plan and advance registration in Rhode Island.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports here on sparring between the campaigns over the transparency of fundraising efforts. For related stories, see the NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times Blog, AP, and MSNBC.

The SF Chronicle has

Roger Simon of Politico has this story on the upcoming meeting of the Rules and Bylaws Committee, which will consider what to do about the Michigan and Florida delegates. He reports that the committee’s co-chairs, Alexis Herman and James Roosevelt… Continue reading

Shahid Buttar has Part I of III on the Huffington Post, commenting on the Crawford v. Marion County decision upholding Indiana’s voter ID law.

So asks Brad Smith on the Center for Competitive Politics Blog.

The Virginia Board of Elections has released this report and accompanying press release on the problems in Chesterfield County in February’s primary, where some precincts ran out of printed ballots, forcing voters to use scraps of paper to vote. The… Continue reading

So asks the Orlando Sentinel, with regard to 15 Florida counties’ switch from touchscreen to optical-scan voting systems.

The Columbus Dispatch has this report on a “digital pen” that would capture signatures and transmit them to be checked against a statewide voter registration database.

The Hill reports that “Federal agents interviewed staffers for likely Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) as part of their corruption case against Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.).”

In addition to this insightful post from Rick Pildes, coverage of yesterday’s Section 5 decision in Riley v. Kennedy may be found in stories from the ABA Journal, AP, Jurist, and Press-Register. (Email me if you… Continue reading

Okay, so maybe its not election law, but those with a fondness for both politics and March Madness may try their hand at filling this bracket from MSNBC.

The LA Times has this report. Could Colorado, Nevada, or New Mexico be the next Florida/Ohio?

The NY Times has this story, focusing on the alleged embezzlement of National Republican Congressional Committee funds by Christopher J. Ward.