Today, the Center for Election Confidence (“CEC”) submitted a Response to a recent Request for Information issued by the North Carolina Office of State Auditor (“OSA”) and State Board of Elections (“NCSBE”) concerning potential upgrades to North Carolina’s statewide election management system, which handles key election administration tasks, such as voter registration, reporting of results, staff scheduling, and others.
Category: Press Releases
CEC in the News: Could SCOTUS mail-in ballot counting case affect Nevada elections?
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports on Watson v. RNC, a forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court case considering whether states may count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day, a practice used in Nevada and 15 other states.
The article notes that the Center for Election Confidence (CEC) filed an amicus brief, which highlighted Nevada’s recent experience simply:
The glut of ballots received after Election Day caused bipartisan and needless frustration that could have been prevented through simple compliance with federal law.
CEC Urges SCOTUS to Review PILF v. Benson to Ensure Effective List Maintenance
The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) today filed an amicus brief in PILF v. Benson (No. 25-437), urging the Supreme Court to grant review and to overturn the Sixth Circuit’s blessing of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s efforts to “eviscerate[] the purpose of the National Voter Registration Act” and undermine both election integrity and transparency through her failure to conduct an “effective” list maintenance program.
SCOTUS Will Hear Election Day Ballot Deadline Case Supported by CEC
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it had agreed to review the 5th Circuit’s opinion in Watson v. RNC, a case that hinges on Mississippi’s acceptance of federal election ballots after Election Day.
The Center for Election Confidence (CEC), joined by partner organizations Honest Elections Project and Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE), filed the only amicus brief encouraging the Court to hear the case.
CEC Urges SCOTUS to review PILF v. Schmidt to Preserve Election Transparency
The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) today filed an amicus brief in Public Interest Legal Foundation v. Schmidt (No. 25-379), urging the Supreme Court to grant review and overturn Third Circuit’s decision to severely undermine the National Voter Registration Act’s (NVRA) mandatory public-inspection regime for federal elections.
CEC Urges Lancaster Co., PA, to Consider Voter Impact with Polling Place Changes
The Center for Election Confidence (“CEC”) today submitted regulatory comment to the Lancaster County, Pa., Board of Elections, urging the Board to weigh carefully the impact to voters as it considers moving polling places in Rapho and East Earl Townships.
CEC Urges SCOTUS to Protect Equal Voting Rights in Redistricting
The Center for Election Confidence (“CEC”) today filed an amicus brief in Louisiana v. Callais (No. 24-109), urging the Supreme Court to protect equal voting rights in redistricting cases brought under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
A core CEC principle is that “all eligible citizens [must be able to] vote freely within an election system of reasonable procedures that promote election integrity, prevent vote dilution and disenfranchisement, and instill public confidence in election systems and outcomes”. To further that goal, CEC argues three main points in its brief.
CEC in the News: Montgomery County election officials are concerned about possible postmark changes
The Baltimore Banner featured a regulatory comment submitted by the Center for Election Confidence (CEC) to the United States Postal Service concerning the importance of the USPS fulfilling its centuries-old public duty to postmark the mail it handles, including mail containing ballots.
CEC Argues Against Lawless Elections in Arizona
The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) today filed an amicus brief in RNC v. Fontes, which is currently pending before the Arizona Supreme Court. In Fontes, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes challenges the Arizona Court of Appeals determination that his office unlawfully promulgated the 2023 Arizona Election Procedures Manual (EPM), an administrative document that has the force of law and governs all election procedures in the state, in violation of the Arizona Administrative Procedures Act (APA). In the alternative, Secretary Fontes asks the Arizona Supreme Court to apply any remedy on a forward-looking basis only, which would allow his office to implement the unlawful 2023 EPM and the 2025 EPM, which was also promulgated without following the APA.
CEC Urges the USPS to Continue Postmarking Ballots and Other Mail
The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) today submitted a comment to the U.S. Postal Service, urging the USPS to meet its public duty by continuing to postmark ballots and other mail, just as it has done for hundreds of years. CEC filed its comment in response to the USPS’s Proposed Rule, “Postmarks and Postal Possession” (90 F.R. 38716), which would see the USPS abdicate its duty to place postmarks on much of its processing volume, including ballots transmitted by mail.