May 19CCD Files Emergency Action for Petitioning Relief in Maryland CCD has filed an emergency action in the federal district court for the District of Maryland to obtain relief from Maryland's requirement that "new" politica...
May 14CCD Files Emergency Action for Petitioning Relief in PennsylvaniaCCD has filed an emergency action for relief from the petitioning requirements for political parties to become ballot-qualified in Pennsylvania. The plaintif...
Apr 23IL: Federal district court grants ballot access relief to minor parties and independent candidatesCourt Orders Illinois State Board of Elections to Place Libertarian, Green and Independent Candidate Plaintiffs on 2020 General Election Ballot for any Offic...
Apr 6Texas governor agrees to pandemic terms for conventionsDue to the coronavirus pandemic, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has agreed to suspend the statutory requirement that ballot-qualified minor parties hold in-perso...
Apr 2CCD files suit in Illinois challenging pandemic signature requirementsCCD files lawsuit to challenge Illinois’ petitioning requirements for minor parties and independent candidates during the coronavirus pandemic. To qualify fo...
Mar 5CCD files amicus brief in Ohio case - Schmitt v. LaRoseCCD joins the Initiative and Referendum Institute at the University of Southern California to file this amicus brief in support of the petition for certiorar...
Mar 4CCD files motion for preliminary injunction in Maine - Baines v. DunlapCCD files a motion for preliminary injunction in Baines v. Dunlap, No. 1:19-cv-00509 (D. Me.), which challenges the constitutionality of Maine’s laws that ma...
Jan 30SCOTUS signals interest in CCD's Arizona caseThe Supreme Court ordered Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs to respond to CCD’s petition for certiorari in Arizona Libertarian Party v. Hobbs, our case ...
Jan 7CCD takes Illinois case to 7th Circuit Court of AppealsCCD argues appeal before Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Gill v. Scholz, No. 19-1125 (7th Cir.), which challenges Illinois’ 5 percent signature requireme...
Jun 10, 2019TX legislature fails to pass reform of ballot access laws For the second session in a row, the Texas Legislature failed to take action on the Texas Voter Choice Act, which would improve Texas’s overly burdensome and...
