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.
Tag: redistricting
Statement from Lisa Dixon, CEC Executive Director, on Risk of Voter Confusion, Loss of Confidence, and Disenfranchisement Following Latest Missouri Ruling
Voters’ confidence in elections is based on important pillars of predictability, consistency, and understandability. An election in which congressional maps seem to change every day—and in which different maps will apparently apply for the general election than did for the primary election—meets none of those requirements.
CEC Looks Under the Hood of Virginia Redistricting Opinion
Following the release of SCoVa’s watershed redistricting decision in Scott v. McDougle, CEC looked under the hood to analyze the important election integrity wins beyond the big headlines.
Board Member Eddie Greim Secures Major Victory at SCOTUS with Callais
CEC congratulates board member Edward “Eddie” D. Greim for his victory this week at SCOTUS in the landmark voting rights equality decision, Callais. Mr. Greim twice argued Callais before SCOTUS, securing a 6-3 victory on behalf of his clients.
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 Urges SCOTUS to Protect the VRA and Fundamental Fairness in California Redistricting
The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) filed an amicus brief in Tangipa v. Newsom (No. 25-839), urging the Supreme Court to “grant the application for an injunction [of California’s new congressional maps] pending appeal and prohibit California continued reliance “on the VRA to justify [unlawful] race-based districting.”
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.