CEC submitted testimony for the record in advance of the EAC’s February 18, 2026, hearing on Election Audit Standards. The hearing will involve “discussions with election officials and audit professionals” concerning “how election audits can be used to boost public trust in elections”. EAC is gathering information on best practices for election audit standards as part of its clearinghouse responsibilities.
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CEC Coverage of House Admin Hearing on Election Reform
The U.S. House Committee on House Administration today held a hearing entitled Make Elections Great Again: How to Restore Trust and Integrity in Federal Elections, and Center for Election Confidence (CEC) was there to cover it live on Twitter (also known as X).
CEC in the News: Election ‘snafu’ causes Korean War vet to miss his first vote
Pennsylvania-based Broad and Liberty has published an opinion-editorial by Linda A. Kerns, counsel to Mr. Eugene Kopecki in Kopecki v. Lackawanna County, describing the sheer impact of Lackawanna County’s infringement on his constitutional rights. Center for Election Confidence (CEC) supports Mr. Kopecki’s federal lawsuit in an effort to prevent future disenfranchisement in Lackawanna County.
CEC Urges SCOTUS to Protect the VRA and Fundamental Fairness in California Redistricting
The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) filed an amicus brief in Tangipa v. Newsom (No. 25-839), urging the Supreme Court to “grant the application for an injunction [of California’s new congressional maps] pending appeal and prohibit California continued reliance “on the VRA to justify [unlawful] race-based districting.”
Chief Policy Counsel Caleb Hays to NASS: Common Ground for Election Integrity
CEC Chief Policy Counsel Caleb Hays spoke to the NASS Winter Conference in Washington, D.C., on the importance of finding common ground in election integrity. This cross-ideological panel discussion and workshop included representatives from CEC, Brennan Center, Honest Elections Project, and ACLU.
SCOTUS Adopts CEC’s Position in Key Election Integrity Case
The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) applauds the Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision today in Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections to overturn the Seventh Circuit, preserving equal access to courts for candidates. The Court adopted CEC’s stated positions on candidate standing.
In 2024 and 2025, CEC submitted amicus curiae briefs at both the certiorari and merits stages in support of the Bost Plaintiffs, arguing that the Seventh Circuit’s standing analysis improperly treated candidates differently from any other plaintiff, severely restricting their access to the courts.
Disenfranchised Korean War Veteran Sues Lackawanna County after Hundreds of 2025 Primary Ballots Mishandled
(SCRANTON, PA) — A Korean War veteran from Scranton has filed suit against Lackawanna County Board of Elections, Lackawanna Department of Elections, and Lackawanna County Director of Elections and Voter Registration Elizabeth Hopkins, after they disenfranchised him during the 2025 Primary Election.
CEC Urges Virginia to Make Key Updates to Election Regulations
The Center for Election Confidence, Inc. (CEC) submitted nine regulatory comments urging key election integrity, transparency, and voter confidence reforms to the Virginia State Board of Elections (Board) in response to the periodic review of election regulations mandated by Va. Code Ann. §§ 2.2-4007.1 and -4017, 1 VAC 20-10-120, and (Virginia) Executive Order 19 (2022).
CEC Cited: When a postmark no longer tracks mailing
The Brookings Institute cited CEC’s recent long-form regulatory comment submitted to the USPS concerning the importance of maintaining the historic purpose and uses of the postmark in a recent article, “When a postmark no longer tracks mailing”.
As Brookings notes, despite concerns from “civil society groups”, including CEC, the USPS last week implemented a change to its Domestic Mail Manual that eschews centuries of postal practice to change how postmarks are applied and their significance for third parties, such as voters and election administrators, who rely on them.
CEC Coverage of House Elections Subcommittee Hearing on NVRA Reform
The U.S. House Committee on House Administration’s Elections Subcommittee today held a hearing entitled, Examining Potential Updates to the NVRA (the National Voter Registration Act), and Center for Election Confidence (CEC) was there to cover it live on Twitter (also known as X).
In general, Members, led by Chair Rep. Laurel Lee of Florida (the state’s former Secretary of State), focused their discussion with witnesses Mark Braden, of Baker Hostetler, Prof. Michael Morley of Florida State University College of Law, and Sophia Lin Lakin, of the ACLU, on the importance of ensuring critical list maintenance efforts are not hampered unnecessarily or on an unwarranted basis by federal law, including ensuring states have the tools they need to remove non-citizens and other ineligible registrants from their voter lists in a timely manner.