CEC was featured in multiple Wisconsin news outlets following WEC’s decision to conclude its inquiry into Green Bay’s repeated issuance of duplicate absentee ballots without a formal investigation. FOX 11 and WBAY highlighted CEC’s concerns with the Commission’s decision, while WisPolitics published a statement from CEC Chief Policy Counsel Caleb Hays warning that closing the investigation without further independent verification leaves important questions unanswered.
Tag: voting by mail
Justices Adopt CEC’s Arguments in Questions to Watson Counsel
In February, CEC and its partner organizations, ALEC, HEP, and RITE, filed a SCOTUS brief in Watson v. RNC. Today, the Court heard oral argument, with Justices adopting lines of argument from the brief CEC filed with its partners.
CEC Cited: When a postmark no longer tracks mailing
The Brookings Institute cited CEC’s recent long-form regulatory comment submitted to the USPS concerning the importance of maintaining the historic purpose and uses of the postmark in a recent article, “When a postmark no longer tracks mailing”.
As Brookings notes, despite concerns from “civil society groups”, including CEC, the USPS last week implemented a change to its Domestic Mail Manual that eschews centuries of postal practice to change how postmarks are applied and their significance for third parties, such as voters and election administrators, who rely on them.
CEC Urges the USPS to Continue Postmarking Ballots and Other Mail
The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) today submitted a comment to the U.S. Postal Service, urging the USPS to meet its public duty by continuing to postmark ballots and other mail, just as it has done for hundreds of years. CEC filed its comment in response to the USPS’s Proposed Rule, “Postmarks and Postal Possession” (90 F.R. 38716), which would see the USPS abdicate its duty to place postmarks on much of its processing volume, including ballots transmitted by mail.