VFAF Joins Election Integrity Groups File Amicus Brief in Support of the Respondents in the Watson v RNC
Supreme Court CaseNo. 24-1260. In the Supreme Court of the United States. Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State, Petitioner v. Republican National Committee, et al., Respondents. On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Amici Curiae Brief of Wisconsin Voter Alliance, Michigan Fair Elections Institute, PA Fair Elections, and Veterans for America First, in Support of Respondents.
February 24, 2026: Kewaunee, WI — Three state election integrity groups, Wisconsin Voter Alliance (WVA), Michigan Fair Elections Institute (MFEI), and PA Fair Elections (PAFE), alongside Veterans for America First (VFAF), filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in support of Respondents and urging the Court to uphold a public consummate Uniform Election Day that requires the receipt of ballots for all voters, including active-duty military and overseas voters under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA).
WVA, MFEI, AND PAFE, with VFAF, urge the Court, to adopt the concept that Election Day is a public act of consummation that requires both the voter’s action and the State’s receipt to culminate elections on a single, uniform Election Day that Congress has chosen, as opposed to a series of isolated private intents. Counting late-arrived ballots undermines this choice by altering the pool of votes received after Election Day, in other words, by changing the results of an election that has already taken
place. A positive ruling on this matter would help to restore confidence in the integrity of our elections.
President of Wisconsin Voter Alliance and proud veteran Ron Heuer, who served as a U.S. Army Captain with meritorious command service in both Vietnam and the Wisconsin National Guard, asserts: “Structurally, a uniform deadline is essential for elections. Without that deadline, a state law accepting late ballots after Election Day, are weak links in the chain, which can cause systemic errors that affect national outcomes in our elections. A deadline for one is a deadline for all.”
Heuer, like other amici group leaders, have observed firsthand and have documented discretionary gaps in state
administration that allow processing unverified ballots, the failure to track ineligible voters, and alarming human and technical glitches during forced overtime receipt windows. They firmly agree that Election Day cannot be treated as an aspirational
suggestion rather than as an actual boundary. Each group also seeks to honor our veteran and active-duty military members
and their votes from dilution from untimely ballots, that may be accepted using standards far lower than those imposed on the ballots from punctual voters that meet the deadline.
Lead attorney, Erick Kaardal, confirms that the Court must take decisive action: “The evidence of unverified ballots in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan demonstrates that accepting ballots after Election Day, creates an unconstitutional dual-track election system that results in two distinct, unequal classes of voters, the Verified Class, consisting of Election Day voters subject to rigorous, real-time identity and eligibility checks, and the Unverified Class, consisting of late or post-election voters where verification safeguards are bypassed due to administrative flexibility. The Court must enforce the Congressionally mandated Election Day standard in order to protect the integrity of the National Vote.”
About Amici Parties s their Counsel:
WVA, MFEI and PAFE are each non-partisan, non-profit organization volunteer organizations dedicated to promoting election integrity, transparency, and strict observance of federal and state law, including through direct litigation and amicus support. These organizations
focus on empirical study of election administration and data analysis to identify systemic vulnerabilities in state and federal voting systems. They also seek to educate the public in their state with respect to election law, administration, and data analysis.
Veterans for America First (VFAF) is an LLC and grassroots volunteer organization. Consistent with their focus on protecting the rights of veterans and first responders, VFAF advocates to protect the UOCAVA overseas military vote from ineligible -ballot dilution. They support America First policies, which include clean voter rolls and protections from noncitizens voting in U.S. Elections. They join the join the Lead Amici, WVA, MFEI and PAFE to support their efforts to protect military votes from dilution.
Lead counsel Erick Kaardal, a partner of Mohrman, Kaardal C Erickson, P.A., has been representing people suing the government to improve it for over 30 years. For election integrity, Kaardal has listed over 60 examples of election integrity successes, including 2 U.S. Supreme Court victories, here: www.mklaw.com. He, alongside associate attorney, Elizabeth Nielsen, have authored and filed this brief.
Press Contact: Elizabeth Nielsen, Mohrman, Kaardal C Erickson, P.A. Email Address: nielsen@mklaw.com Phone: (612) 465-0905
