WVIA News (Scranton, Pa.) highlighted the successful resolution of Kopecki v. Lackawanna County, reporting that the County agreed as part of a consent decree to adopt comprehensive written election procedures, strengthen ballot quality-control measures, and expand election-worker training after ballot failures prevented Eugene Kopecki from voting in the 2025 primary. CEC supported Mr. Kopecki in this litigation. The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania will maintain jurisdiction over the matter for at least three years.
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CEC in the News: FOX56 Highlights Election Reforms Secured in Lackawanna County Settlement
FOX56/WOLF-TV (Scanton, Pa.) reported on the successful resolution of Kopecki v. Lackawanna County, reporting that the County agreed as part of a consent decree to develop a comprehensive written election procedures manual and strengthen quality-control measures following the 2025 ballot errors. CEC supported Eugene Kopecki, the plaintiff, in this suit to protect voting rights in Pennsylvania.
Victory for the Electoral Process in Scranton
CEC is pleased to announce a consent decree involving the County of Lackawanna, the County Board of Elections, and the County Department of Elections and Voter Registration and its Director, Elizabeth Hopkins, to prevent the recurrence of ballot issues seen in the 2025 primary election, when voters were disenfranchised by the county’s mailing of incorrect absentee and mail-in ballots.
Chief Policy Counsel Caleb Hays Presents at Pennsylvania Leadership Conference
CEC Chief Policy Counsel Caleb Hays presented at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Harrisburg on election integrity developments, including CEC’s efforts in the Election Day ballot deadline case, Watson v. RNC, and in Kopecki v. Lackawanna Cty., PA.
CEC Files SCOTUS Brief in Pennsylvania Undated Ballots Case
CEC filed an amicus brief in RNC v. Eakin (No. 25-962), urging the Supreme Court to grant the petition for a writ of certiorari and reverse the Third Circuit’s decision in Eakin v. Adams County Board of Elections—which held that the First and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit Pennsylvania county election boards from rejecting mail-in ballots that arrive with missing or incorrect dates on return envelopes.
CEC in the News: Election ‘snafu’ causes Korean War vet to miss his first vote
Pennsylvania-based Broad and Liberty has published an opinion-editorial by Linda A. Kerns, counsel to Mr. Eugene Kopecki in Kopecki v. Lackawanna County, describing the sheer impact of Lackawanna County’s infringement on his constitutional rights. Center for Election Confidence (CEC) supports Mr. Kopecki’s federal lawsuit in an effort to prevent future disenfranchisement in Lackawanna County.
Disenfranchised Korean War Veteran Sues Lackawanna County after Hundreds of 2025 Primary Ballots Mishandled
(SCRANTON, PA) — A Korean War veteran from Scranton has filed suit against Lackawanna County Board of Elections, Lackawanna Department of Elections, and Lackawanna County Director of Elections and Voter Registration Elizabeth Hopkins, after they disenfranchised him during the 2025 Primary Election.
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 Steps in to Protect Voting Rights in Lackawanna Co., Pennsylvania
Following its successful efforts to protect the right to vote in Luzerne County, Pa., the Center for Election Confidence (CEC) returns to northeast Pennsylvania to stand up for over 500 voters who were sent the wrong ballots by Lackawanna County. From news reporting on the matter (WNEP-TV, Scranton, Pennsylvania.): Citing a printer’s error, spokesman […]