• Toss Ups in Several Montana Statewide Races
• BY: Public Policy Polling   |   October 15, 2012
• Public Policy Polling's new poll of the Montana Governor's race finds some momentum for Republican Rick Hill over the last month.

• Supreme Court Justices to Rule on Voter Proof of Citizenship
• BY: McClatchy News   |   October 15, 2012
• The Supreme Court will weigh in on the controversy over voter fraud and decide whether Arizona can require residents to show proof of their citizenship before they register to vote.

• Online Voter Registration Helps Boost Voter Rolls
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   October 15, 2012
• Online registration systems have dramatically boosted voter sign-ups in the dozen states that allow citizens to register to vote over the Internet.

• Maryland Referendum Campaigns Result in Near-Record Spending
• Source: Washington Post   |   Maryland   |   October 15, 2012
• Companies with a stake in Question 7, which would allow a casino in Prince George’s County, had reported ponying up more than $47 million. That’s on pace to exceed candidate spending in the state’s past two governor’s races combined.

• Support for Marijuana Legalization Shrinks in Colorado
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   October 15, 2012
• A ballot measure to legalize limited possession of marijuana in Colorado continues to lead in the latest Denver Post poll on the question, but it has dropped below 50 percent support.

• Attorney General Races: Democrats' Odds Improving
• BY: Louis Jacobson   |   October 12, 2012
• If current trends hold, the Democrats could net one AG seat this year, which would be a small improvement from the 2010 elections.

• Rape Remark Makes Wisconsin Rep. Rivard Lose Paul Ryan, Gov. Walker's Endorsements
• Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   |   Wisconsin   |   October 12, 2012
• Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Gov. Scott Walker have dropped their endorsements of a Wisconsin lawmaker who said that his father had told him "some girls, they rape so easy" as a way to warn him that women could consent to sex but then later claim they hadn't.

• Ohio Must Count Ballots Cast in Wrong Precinct
• Source: Roll Call   |   Ohio   |   October 12, 2012
• A federal appeals court decided it is unconstitutional to toss out ballots that are cast in the incorrect voting precinct due to poll-worker error.

• Wisconsin, a GOP Haven, Finds Itself Split
• Source: New York Times   |   Wisconsin   |   October 11, 2012
• In the battle for control of the Senate, this state would seem to have everything Republicans could dream of: a shift to red up and down the ballot in 2010, a Republican governor who decisively survived a recall effort a few months ago, and a local son turned vice-presidential nominee.

• South Carolina Voter ID Law Blocked Until 2013
• Source: Businessweek   |   South Carolina   |   October 11, 2012
• South Carolina became the fourth state to be blocked from requiring voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot in the Nov. 6 election.

• Indiana Gubernatorial Candidates Exchange Barbs in 1st Debate
• Source: Indianapolis Star   |   Indiana   |   October 11, 2012
• On the campaign trail, Republican Congressman Mike Pence, Democrat John Gregg and Libertarian Rupert Boneham have found much to agree on, with the differences largely in the details.

• Are Voter ID Critics Winning the Battle But Losing the War?
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   October 10, 2012
• Voter ID opponents have won high-profile court battles, but may be losing ground on the longer-term legal fight against the laws.

• Ohio to Appeal Early Voting Ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
• Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer   |   Ohio   |   October 10, 2012
• Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted said the ruling, which lets each of Ohio's 88 counties set their in-person early voting hours for the three days before the presidential election, is an "unprecedented intrusion" into the state's ability to run its own election.

• Casino Referendum Breaks Spending Record in Maryland
• Source: Baltimore Sun   |   Maryland   |   October 10, 2012
• A new round of spending by Penn National Gaming and MGM Resorts International has pushed the ad war in the referendum over expanded gambling into record territory, eclipsing the $34 million raised for the 2006 governor's race.

• The Politics of Children and Family Services
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   October 9, 2012
• A toxic election cycle in Indiana has ended in the resignation of the state's director of children services.

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