The Herald-Tribune has this report, which begins: “As the state heads into what is expected to be a record-setting year for voter turnout, Florida law does not allow for every ballot to be counted in case of a close… Continue reading

Today’s Detroit Free Press has this editorial supporting apportionment of Michigan’s electoral votes based on the state’s popular vote, and this op-ed supporting the national popular vote plan.

The Palm Beach Post reports here on the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation of Lake Park, Florida, whose at-large town commission has been all-white for 85 years although almost half its citizens are blak.

In this post on my Equal Vote blog, I discuss an under-the-radar issue that flared up in Wisconsin last week, regarding the statewide registration databases required by the Help America Vote Act.

The Washington Post editorializes here on the failure of the presidential candidates, especially Senator Obama, to disclose their bundlers.

The NY Times has this report, speculating that Thursday’s ruling in Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Brunner may hurt Senator McCain’s chances in Ohio. The district court’s order requires that the names of Bob Barr and other Libertarian Party… Continue reading

Following up on yesterday’s post regarding a bill to move election day from Tuesday to Saturday or Sunday, the LA Times blog has this post and Politico this one. Both talk about a video on the Why Tuesday? site,… Continue reading

The Election Assistance Commission will be having a public meeting and workship in Phoenix, AZ on Monday, on “Contingency Planning.” The agenda and other materials may be found here. The EAC’s next meeting, on the subject of statewide voter … Continue reading

Steve Rosenfeld has this post on Alternet.

On the Campaign Legal Center blog, Gerry Hebert and Susan Gershon offer these thoughts on shadow redistricting commissions.

Sean Parnell has this post and Bob Bauer this one regarding limits on parties’ coordinated spending for their own candidates.

Newsday reports here on a bill to switch voting in federal elections from Tuesday to Saturday or Sunday.

See stories in the Chicago Tribune, LA Times, NY Times, and Washington Post.

The WaPo reports here and the Boston Globe here on Mitt Romney’s reclassification of his $45 million in loans to his campaign as gifts.