A new report by electiononline.org — a project of Pew's Center on the States — reflects on the passage of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) five years ago, examining what these crucial early years of development might mean for elections in HAVA's next five years and beyond. The report — The Help America Vote Act at 5 -- argues that "HAVA represented a dramatic shift in the relationship between the federal government and its state and local counterparts in the area of election reform —

Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the much anticipated voter ID law case — Crawford v. Marion County Election Board . The Supreme Court Justices must determine whether to uphold an April 2006 decision , written by Judge Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, which supported Indiana's requirement that voters present valid photo identification before being allowed to vote. The New York Times is reporting that the justices "appeared reluctant" to strike down the law.

A federal judge in Florida granted an injunction on Tuesday to stop enforcement of the state's "no match, no vote" voter registration law. The law requires the name of a registrant be matched with a Social Security number or driver's license number. The suit was filed by the Florida branch of the NAACP, the Haitian-American Grassroots Coalition, and the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project.

The LA Times reports on an option for political campaign donors that is expected to become more popular as time closes in on the presidential election, donating to a nonprofit. "It is the 501(c)(4), named for the tax code that defines it, that seems to have struck a chord with people looking for new ways to organize their independent fundraising."