In Florida State Conference of the NAACP v. Browning, the 11th Circuit court of appeals has ruled that Florida can temporarily enforce a law that disqualifies any voter registration where the Social Security or driver license number on the application does not match with government databases, reversing a lower court's December injunction against the voter registration law.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) released two quick start management guides for election officials. According to the EAC, these newest Quick Start Management Guides are part of a series of brochures designed to highlight and summarize the information contained in the chapters of the EAC's Election Management Guidelines (EMG). The first—the Quick Start Management Guide on Uniformed and Overseas Voters — offers guidance on serving overseas voters, including communication strategies for securing and managing the voter registration and ballot transmission process.

At a new website, Ask Your Lawmaker, anyone can ask lawmakers questions on issues they care about. The site was created by Capitol News Connection (CNCNews). Users of the site vote on the questions, and then CNCNews reporters track down lawmakers in Congress and on the campaign trail to get the questions answered. The answers are then posted back on www.askyourlawmaker.org. In addition, users can add a customizable widget to their own websites, allowing visitors to their websites to ask and rank questions.

The Campaign Legal Center has updated its two page summary of the Honest Government and Open Leadership Act (HLOGA). The document is a great resource to have on hand with a clear outline of the different provisions of the law. Some of which have taken effect while others are still being interpreted and not yet implemented.