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.
Tag: Pennsylvania
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 […]
CEC-Backed Lawsuit Vindicates Rights for Disenfranchised Voters
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, has finally settled a critical case regarding election integrity brought following the 2022 election by two disenfranchised voters and supported by the Center for Election Confidence, Inc. (CEC). In the settlement agreement for French, et al. v. Luzerne County, Luzerne County admitted that the plaintiffs, William French and Melynda Anne Reese, along […]