This interesting report appears in the NY Sun. Thanks to Doug Greene for the pointer.

Lloyd Mayer has posted this draft [corrected link} on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The continuing controversy over 527 organizations has led Congress to impose extensive disclosure requirements on these political organizations and to consider imposing extensive restrictions on their… Continue reading

The following Electionline Alert just arrived via email: Yesterday, the White House announced that it intends to nominate Caroline Hunter to a seat on the Election Assistance Commission. If confirmed, she will replace Chairman Paul DeGregorio, whose current term had… Continue reading

The following press release arrived via email: NEWARK — The American Civil Liberties Union and the Rutgers Law School Constitutional Litigation Clinic filed a petition today urging the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to rule that denying New Jersey citizens… Continue reading

The Center for Responsive Politics has released this interesting information.

This interesting panel will be held in Washington, DC on October 27. It is an issue that Congress continues to drag its feet on, despite the best efforts of Norm Ornstein, John Fortier, and others.

McClatchy Newspapers offers this report.

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required).

The NY Times offers this report, which appears to mark a shift in 527 strategy among large donors supporting Democrats.

This event (sponsored by the AEI/Brookings Election Reform Project) on September 22 looks terrific. I participated in their last event and learned a great deal.

Ariel J. Feldman, J. Alex Halderman, and Edward W. Felten of the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University have posted this paper, raising troubling concerns about some electronic voting machines. Here is the abstract: This paper presents… Continue reading

Following up on this post, see this press release and motion.

See here.

See this news out of Georgia.