With all the major election law news this week out of the Supreme Court, it is somewhat of a relief that today’s New York Times features this AP story out of Virginia, which begins: “WISE, Va., March 2 (AP) — An investigation that began with accusations that cigarettes, alcohol and pork rinds were offered for votes in a small coal-mining town led to the indictment Thursday of the mayor and 13 other people on charges of election fraud and corruption.” Thanks to Grant Hayden for the pointer. (The newspaper also offers this editorial on the suit against NY for HAVA violations.)