Campaign Finance

National: “Senate Democrats Introduce Legislation to Ban Political Committees from Using Prechecked Donation Boxes” by Colby Itkowitz and Paul Farhi (Washington Post) for MSN

California: “San Diego Crashes Its Own Campaign Disclosure Website” by Matt Potter for San Diego Reader

Illinois: “State’s Top Fiscal Watchdog Misspent Nearly $250K In Campaign Funds, High Court Finds” by Hannah Meisel for NPR Illinois

Elections

National: “Republicans Move to Limit a Grass-Roots Tradition of Direct Democracy” by Reid Epstein and Nick Corasaniti for New York Times

Ethics

National: “Biden Justice Department Fights Release of Legal Memo on Prosecuting Trump” by Josh Gerstein for Politico

Florida: “Florida Governor Signs Bill Barring Social Media Companies from Blocking Political Candidates” by Kat Zakrzewski (Washington Post) for MSN

New York: “Prosecutor in Trump Criminal Probe Convenes Grand Jury to Hear Evidence, Weigh Potential Charges” by Shayna Jacobs and David Fahrenthold (Washington Post) for Seattle Times

North Dakota: “North Dakota Ethics Commission’s Future Workload ‘So Hard to Say’” by Jack Dura for Bismarck Tribune

Tennessee: “Casada Linked to Phoenix Solutions Ownership” by Sam Stockard for Tennessee Lookout