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CEC in the News: Could SCOTUS mail-in ballot counting case affect Nevada elections?

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports on Watson v. RNC, a forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court case considering whether states may count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day, a practice used in Nevada and 15 other states.

The article notes that the Center for Election Confidence (CEC) filed an amicus brief, which highlighted Nevada’s recent experience simply:

The glut of ballots received after Election Day caused bipartisan and needless frustration that could have been prevented through simple compliance with federal law.

CEC Urges SCOTUS to Review PILF v. Benson to Ensure Effective List Maintenance

The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) today filed an amicus brief in PILF v. Benson (No. 25-437), urging the Supreme Court to grant review and to overturn the Sixth Circuit’s blessing of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s efforts to “eviscerate[] the purpose of the National Voter Registration Act” and undermine both election integrity and transparency through her failure to conduct an “effective” list maintenance program.

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 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.