In USF CRs v. Lutnick, CEC filed an amicus brief urging SCOTUS to note probable jurisdiction or summarily reverse a decision that leaves those challenging unlawful census methods with no meaningful opportunity to sue.
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CEC in the News: Fox News Highlights CEC’s Joint SCOTUS Brief Defending Arizona’s Voter Citizenship Requirements
Fox News highlighted CEC’s joint amicus brief before SCOTUS in RNC v. Mi Familia Vota with partners HEP and RITE, reporting on the election integrity organizations’ efforts to defend Arizona’s authority to require proof of citizenship for voter registration and remove improperly registered noncitizens from its voter rolls.
Statement from Lisa Dixon, CEC Executive Director, on Filing of Amicus Brief in RNC v. Mi Familia Vota
“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, Partners Urge SCOTUS to Protect Citizenship Voting Requirements in Arizona
CEC filed a joint amicus brief before SCOTUS in RNC v. Mi Familia Vota with partners Honest Elections Project and RITE, urging SCOTUS to reverse 9th Cir.’s decision restricting AZ’s ability to require documentary proof of citizenship and to remove improperly registered noncitizens from its voter rolls.
Paul Clement for CEC: SCOTUS Must Confirm NVRA Requires Public Transparency in List Maintenance
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.
At CEC’s Urging, Kansas Court of Appeals Upholds Fusion Voting Ban
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.
SCOTUS Adopts Key CEC Arguments in Landmark VRA Decision
CEC is pleased that SCOTUS’s 6-3 landmark decision in Louisiana v. Callais adopts several key lines of argument from CEC’s amicus brief, protecting equal voting rights in redistricting.
Justices Adopt CEC’s Arguments in Questions to Watson Counsel
In February, CEC and its partner organizations, ALEC, HEP, and RITE, filed a SCOTUS brief in Watson v. RNC. Today, the Court heard oral argument, with Justices adopting lines of argument from the brief CEC filed with its partners.
CEC Urges Wisconsin Federal Court to Uphold Enforcement of the Civil Rights Act of 1960
CEC has filed an amicus brief in U.S. v. Wisconsin Elections Commission. This case considers whether DOJ may compel Wisconsin to provide an unreacted copy of its voter registration list for inspection in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1960 and the Voting Rights Amendments.
Attorneys, Judges Rely on CEC Arguments in Fusion Voting Test Case
The Kansas Court of Appeals heard oral argument in United Kansas v. Schwab (No. 128896), a key test case in a renewed push for an expansion of fusion voting nationwide. The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) submitted an amicus brief in support of appellee Kansas Secretary of State, Scott Schwab, arguing in favor of upholding the state’s longstanding anti-fusion voting law. Numerous arguments from CEC’s brief were discussed at length during Tuesday’s oral arguments.