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.
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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.
CEC Counsels 6th Circuit to Uphold Civil Rights Act and NVRA Transparency Rules
CEC filed an amicus brief in USA v. Benson with partners RITE and the Honest Elections Project, urging the 6th Circuit to reverse a district court’s decision that barred the U.S. Government from compelling Michigan to produce its voter registration file despite clear text to the contrary.
CEC to SCOTUS: Uphold AZ Law Requiring Citizenship Proof for Absentee Voting and Removal of Non-Citizens from Voter Rolls
CEC filed an amicus brief in RNC v. Mi Familia Vota and Petersen v. Mi Familia Vota with RITE and the Honest Elections Project, urging SCOTUS to grant certiorari and reverse the 9th Circuit’s finding that the NVRA preempts Arizona’s law requiring proof of citizenship for absentee voting and the investigation and removal of non-citizens from its voter rolls.