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Rick Hasen’s Slate piece on Hillary Clinton’s election policy speech generated some pushback – and while I’ll agree to disagree on the role of partisanship, the attacks on the PCEA as “weak tea” that “vanished without a single trace” are WRONG – and silly.

Rick Hasen has a new piece at Slate which criticizes the Clinton campaign for its aggressive attacks (and lawsuits) on the GOP on election reform – while the ideas are good, it frames the debate in such a way that makes it difficult for existing bipartisanship to thrive.

Brian Newby’s new post at ElectionDiary talks about what happens to an election official when a quiet period suddenly isn’t anymore – and how that affects preparations for the “big” presidential election next year. In a word: BUSY.

electionlineWeekly caught up with the hardest working electiongeek in the business, Tammy Patrick, who shared her thoughts on the PCEA, the future of elections – and the best playlist for a busy traveling schedule!

Athens-Clarke County, GA is working its way through a handful of voter registrations that list a mailbox store as a residential address. That story, in my opinion, says more about election administration than the presidential-year rhetoric and litigation getting underway.

Vermont recently became the 14th state to enact same-day registration; however, it is still one of the minority(!) of states yet to enact OVR – which one could argue is now the most effective way to increase the state’s focus on the voter.

A new paper by Peter Miller and Sierra Powell examines how voters with disabilities experience the election process. The data suggests that such voters cast ballots at a lower rate but that vote by mail can offset much of this effect.

Arkansas’ Secretary of State is moving ahead with plans for an election technology upgrade – but the state’s recent decision to join the March 1 Presidential “SEC Primary” is making counties nervous that there won’t be time to make the changes properly.

NCSL’s latest Canvass includes Kennesaw State’s Merle King on the ten things policymakers and electiongeeks alike need to know about selecting a voting system. It’s worth bookmarking, copying or whatever else you do to keep things handy for later.