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 because Barack Obama’s margin of victory was so healthy that the country was not waiting with bated breath to see how many provisional ballots were counted. So while the White House will soon be filled with someone who has been a leader on addressing voting rights in the Senate, the public pressure needed to move legislation through the meat grinder on Capitol Hill is noticeably absent.