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 to Sixth Circuit: Stay Injunction Blocking Ohio’s Proof-of-Citizenship Requirement
In Red Wine & Blue v. LaRose, CEC, joined by HEP, filed an amicus brief urging the 6th Circuit to stay a preliminary injunction preventing Ohio from enforcing House Bill 54’s documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement in the State’s BMV process. NVRA requires states to offer voter registration to eligible individuals at the same time they apply for a driver license or state ID. The brief supports Secretary LaRose’s emergency motion for a stay pending appeal, arguing both that the district court lacked jurisdiction because the plaintiffs’ claims became moot and that the court misread Section 5 of the NVRA to displace Ohio’s authority to determine and enforce voter qualifications.
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.
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.