Talent, McCaskill filings won't be available on timely basis

Timely information on donations made to the U. S. Senate campaigns of incumbent Jim Talent and challenger Claire McCaskill will not be available on a timely basis since they do not have to file their disclosure documents electronically, according to Jeff Birnbaum's column in today's Washington Post:

In one of the most controversial quirks in election law, candidates for Senate are not required to file their campaign-finance reports electronically. That means voters can't effectively find out how much and from whom their would-be senators have collected money until long after the election -- too late for them to act.