"Did Michelle Obama violate Illinois election law?"

WSJ's Washington Wire explores this less than burning question. And in other candidate spouse news, see Raese's Wife Won't Be Voting for Him. Why not? She's been registered to vote and voting in Florida, not West Virginia.

"Murkowski foes attack corporate donations"

The Anchorage Daily News offers this report.

"Democracy 21 Statement: Chamber's Claim that Potential Harassment and Intimidation Justify Secret Donations is Hogwash"

Fred Wertheimer blogs.

"In every election season, there's a recount. Lessons from Bush and Franken."

Jay Weiner, one of the leading chroniclers of Franken-Coleman in Minnesota, has written this Sunday Outlook piece for WaPo.

"Will Online Voting Turn Into an Election Day Debacle?"

Time reports.

"ACLU Launches Voter Empowerment Program"

See this press release.

More on Norm Eisen

Following up on this post, I've confirmed that the story in the Post is wrong and Eisen is still the White House ethics czar. See also this follow-up post at a Foreign Policy blog, which gives more details as to the controversy that is the basis for Sen. Grassley's hold, as well as some of the details for the termination:

Not all Senators share Grassley's contention that Eisen's role in the Walpin affair remains unsettled. In a June 2009 letter (PDF) to President Obama, Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) wrote that the administration had proved it met the legal requirements for notifying Congress when an inspector general is removed.

Eisen's allies are also circulating this parody newsletter created by Walpin as evidence that his behavior warranted his termination. In the fake newsletter, Walpin wrote satire news announcements that some saw as inappropriate, such as an item "reporting" that former New York Governor Elliott Spitzer was a leading candidate to head the Office of the Inspector General's procurement shop.

"Privacy Rights Inc.: Your right to personal privacy is shrinking even as Corporate America's is growing."

Do read Dahlia Lithwick's latest, which mentions issues of corporate campaign spending anonymity.

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