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The chances for meaningful election reform, which stalled after an initial round of fervent pledges to repair deficiencies that surfaced in last November's presidential balloting, have suddenly improved as the result of an unlikely compromise on Capitol Hill. Senators Charles Schumer of New York and Robert Torricelli of New Jersey, both Democrats, will join Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Sam Brownback of Kansas, both Republicans, in announcing today that they will co-sponsor an election reform bill aimed at providing $2.5 billion in federal funds over five years to states willing to meet certain standards in upgrading the way they hold federal elections.

The full text can be found at: Progress on Election Reform