The Washington Post offers this report, which begins: “COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 8 — The state’s chief elections officer, accused of mishandling the presidential vote in November, sent a fundraising letter for his 2006 gubernatorial campaign that was accompanied by a request for illegal contributions. A pledge card with the letter from Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, a Republican who co-chaired the Bush-Cheney reelection campaign in Ohio, said “corporate & personal checks are welcome.” Corporate donations are illegal in Ohio.”