The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) celebrates the appointment of board member Sara Frankenstein, Esq., to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights by U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was created by Congress with the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and was reauthorized in 1994. The Commission was “established as an independent, bipartisan, fact-finding federal agency [with a mission] to inform the development of national civil rights policy and enhance enforcement of federal civil rights laws”, including through the investigation of “alleged deprivations of voting rights”.

CEC Board Member Sara Frankenstein, Esq. (courtesy photo)

In addition to her service on CEC’s board, Ms. Frankenstein is an attorney with Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP, in Rapid City, SD, and has extensive experience in “trust litigation, election law, employment law, school law, commercial litigation, insurance defense, Constitutional law, and all aspects of government law, including county, municipal, and administrative law.” Ms. Frankenstein also “trains and advises all 64 county election administrators in the State of South Dakota through all aspects of state and federal election law, and does the same for most of the towns and cities throughout South Dakota.” She “has twice testified before Congress on the issue of voting rights.”

“The Center for Election Confidence congratulates CEC board member Sara Frankenstein, Esq., for her appointment to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Ms. Frankenstein is a serious, thoughtful voice on the consequential issues of election law, Native American voting rights, and election administration. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and its important work on these and other issues will be well served by U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s appointment of Ms. Frankenstein.”
—Lisa Dixon, Executive Director