Jeffrey Birnbaum has written this Washington Post column.

Last May, I noted that a federal district court had issued partial summary judgment against the U.S. in its suit against the state of Missouri, claiming the state was violating the NVRA by failing to remove ineglible voters from the… Continue reading

You can find Jennings’ papers here. A memo from the People for the American Way supporting moving forward is here. If anyone has links to Buchanan’s papers, please send them along and I’ll link. UPDATE: See this report… Continue reading

The hearing notice is here. There should be testimony posted there by the time of the Wednesday hearing. UPDATE: Bob Bauer explains here why some reformers are supporting this deregulatory move.

See here. My earlier coverage is here (link via Advance Indiana). UPDATE: More on the Rokita apology here, which explains that he did not think he had misspoken until his comments were dissected on a blog.

The EAC press release and accompanying memo (along with congressional statements) is here. From the memo to the Inspector General: The actions taken by the Commission regarding both the voter identification and the vote fraud and voter intimidation research… Continue reading

A few additional commentaries and developments this weekend worth noting. Marty Lederman has written this must-read post on Balkinization trying to put the AG Gonzales controversy into the broader context of the voter fraud allegations. Marty writes: The biggest part… Continue reading

With the end of the latest FEC reporting period, you can find stories about presidential financing in the New York Times (which also offers this searchable database), the Washington Post (see also stories here and here) (which also… Continue reading

Newt Gingrich and John Fonte have written this Chicago Sun-Times oped.

The Concord Monitor offers this editorial on the WRTL case the Supreme Court will hear next week.

The following press release just arrived via email from Senator Feinstein’s office: Senators Feinstein and Durbin Seek Response from EAC Regarding Allegations of Altered or Delayed Studies – Request for Information Follows Troubling News Reports of Politically Motivated Actions by… Continue reading

Following up on NY Times articles here and here, here are some additional reflections: Doug Chapin Paul Gronke (on why peer review matters) Marcia Oddi My earlier comments on these stories are here and here. I know of… Continue reading

Prisoners of the Census has put up this press release, which begins: “Today the Prison Policy Initiative launched the Democracy Toolkit, a set of online tools designed to help rural citizens determine if prison populations in legislative districts… Continue reading

AP offers this report, which begins: “Acting on a new state law, the Wisconsin Elections Board has forwarded 82 cases in which convicted felons may have voted in the November election to district attorneys for further investigation.”