“American elections are for American citizens only. Period.
“We should all support Arizona ensuring non-citizens can’t register to vote and removing any non-citizens who end up on the voter lists. It’s the law, and it’s common sense.
“The Center for Election Confidence looks forward to the Supreme Court allowing Arizona and other states to protect the integrity of American elections.”
CEC was featured in multiple Wisconsin news outlets following WEC’s decision to conclude its inquiry into Green Bay’s repeated issuance of duplicate absentee ballots without a formal investigation. FOX 11 and WBAY highlighted CEC’s concerns with the Commission’s decision, while WisPolitics published a statement from CEC Chief Policy Counsel Caleb Hays warning that closing the investigation without further independent verification leaves important questions unanswered.
Today’s decision by the Wisconsin Elections Commission to prematurely end its investigation into Green Bay’s unprecedented twice-in-three-months ‘extra ballots’ crisis is disappointing. While welcomed, the resignation of the official in charge when these mistakes occurred is not sufficient.
In CEC’s latest SCOTUS amicus brief, noted advocate and former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement urges the Court to grant review in PILF v. Nago, a case concerning the NVRA’s public-inspection requirement. The 9th Circuit’s decision excludes statewide voter-registration lists from the NVRA’s transparency mandate. CEC explains why public access to voter rolls is essential to the NVRA’s purposes and why SCOTUS review is important for confidence in elections for voters across the political spectrum.
CEC submitted comments to the Georgia State Election Board concerning proposed amendments to Rule 183-1-11-.01 governing ballot secrecy, accessible voting equipment, ballot rescanning, and electronic ballot-image identifiers.
The Kansas Court of Appeals upheld the state’s longstanding prohibition on “fusion voting”, as CEC urged in its amicus brief. The Court rejected a constitutional challenge brought by United Kansas that sought to allow a single candidate to appear on the general-election ballot as the nominee of multiple parties. United Kansas has been seen widely as a test case for a broad effort to challenge fusion-voting bans nationwide.
WVIA News (Scranton, Pa.) highlighted the successful resolution of Kopecki v. Lackawanna County, reporting that the County agreed as part of a consent decree to adopt comprehensive written election procedures, strengthen ballot quality-control measures, and expand election-worker training after ballot failures prevented Eugene Kopecki from voting in the 2025 primary. CEC supported Mr. Kopecki in this litigation. The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania will maintain jurisdiction over the matter for at least three years.
FOX56/WOLF-TV (Scanton, Pa.) reported on the successful resolution of Kopecki v. Lackawanna County, reporting that the County agreed as part of a consent decree to develop a comprehensive written election procedures manual and strengthen quality-control measures following the 2025 ballot errors. CEC supported Eugene Kopecki, the plaintiff, in this suit to protect voting rights in Pennsylvania.
CEC is pleased to announce a consent decree involving the County of Lackawanna, the County Board of Elections, and the County Department of Elections and Voter Registration and its Director, Elizabeth Hopkins, to prevent the recurrence of ballot issues seen in the 2025 primary election, when voters were disenfranchised by the county’s mailing of incorrect absentee and mail-in ballots.
Earlier in July, CEC submitted four comments to the North Carolina State Board of Elections. CEC is pleased that NCSBE adopted many of CEC’s recommendations in the final version of each rule and thanks the Board for its diligent review.