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Center for Election Confidence (formerly known as Lawyers Democracy Fund) seeks to promote trust in the electoral process. One way CEC supports fair and accurate elections is engaging strategically in litigation: filing amicus curiae briefs and financially supporting legal challenges.
Current CEC-Supported Litigation
Kopecki v. Lackawanna County
The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) backed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of Eugene Kopecki, a Korean War veteran whose constitutional right to vote was violated by the County of Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, its Board of Elections, its Department of Elections, and its Elections Director, Elizabeth Hopkins, on Primary Election Day 2025. Mr. Kopecki also alleges that his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated.
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Promoting Confidence in Elections
Clear Rules
The rules governing an election should be clear, established well in advance, and designed to address the many different situations and eventualities that may occur during a voting process.
Easy to Understand
If voters perceive the electoral process as confusing, ripe for manipulation, or susceptible to fraud, they lack the confidence to vote.
Transparency
The rules and processes of an election should be entirely transparent, well-publicized, and widely known and understood. Observation of every step of the process should be allowed and encouraged.