Tag: amicus brief

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.

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 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 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 Fights Against Fusion Voting’s Risks of Voter Confusion and Election Administration Errors

The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) has filed an amicus brief in United Kansas v. Schwab, urging the Kansas Court of Appeals to affirm the 28th Judicial District (Saline County) district court and uphold the state’s longstanding anti-fusion voting law, K.S.A. § 25-213. CEC argues that fusion voting, which permits a candidate for an office to appear on the ballot as the nominee of multiple parties, enhances the risk of voter confusion and errors in the ballot creation and tabulation processes. United Kansas is the latest in a string of efforts by the Left to attack long-standing state ballot access laws.

CEC URGES WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT TO STAY IN THE LEGAL MAINSTREAM

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 […]