CEC Files Amicus Brief in WI Ballot Drop Box Case (Arlington, Va.) – The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) today filed an amicus brief in the case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court of Priorities USA v. The Wisconsin Elections Commission. CEC asks the Court to consider how Wisconsin’s neighboring states have enacted legislation authorizing ballot drop […]
Category: Press Releases
Black Voters Learning the Truth About Ranked-Choice Voting
“This is a significant pick-up all of us fighting for election confidence,” said Dixon. “It is critical for minority voters to understand the truth about Ranked-Choice Voting and this is a good start,” said Dixon. “Progressives, who for years have championed minority voting rights, are now advocating for a voter scheme which has been shown to disproportionately hurt minority voters.”
Ranked-Choice Voting: ‘an unmitigated and un-American disaster’
The Center for Election Confidence joins broad coaltion of election integrity advocates to support Georgia bill bannning Ranked-Choice Voting (Arlington, Va.) The Center for Election Confidence, along with 15 other election integrity advocacy groups, sent a letter to Chairman Max Burns of the Georgia Senate Committee on Ethics in support of SB 355, a bill […]
Lawyers Democracy Fund Changes Name
Lawyers Democracy Fund Is Now Center for Election Confidence (Arlington, Va.) – Lawyers Democracy Fund is pleased to announce that it is the Center for Election Confidence (CEC) effective immediately. As part of the name change, CEC has released a new logo and launched a new website at www.electionconfidence.org. CEC President Elliot Berke said, “As […]
Ranked-Choice Voting Hurts Minorities: Study
Study Indicates that Ranked-Choice Voting Weakens Electoral Influence of Minority Voters (Arlington, Va.) – The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) announced today the release of research by Professor Nolan McCarty, with support from CEC, documenting harmful effects of ranked-choice voting (RCV) for racial and ethnic minority electorates. The study by Dr. McCarty, the Susan […]
Federal Court Rules in Favor of Disenfranchised Voters
Immediate Release: December 5, 2023Contact: Lisa Dixon, (202) 441-5487 Federal Court Rules in Favor of Disenfranchised Voters in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (Arlington, Va.) – On Monday, December 4, a federal court ruled in favor of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, voters William French and Melynda Anne Reese on their voter disenfranchisement claim arising from Luzerne County’s failure to supply a […]
CEC-Backed Michigan Lawsuit Challenging Secretary of State’s Signature Matching Guidance Successful
In a lawsuit supported by the Center for Election Confidence (CEC), Judge Christopher Murray of the Michigan Court of Claims held that Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s last-minute signature matching guidance violated the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). While Michigan law clearly requires signatures on absentee ballot applications and return envelopes to sufficiently agree with those […]