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" political parties file nomination petitions with 10,000 voter signatures to become ballot-qualified. The Plaintiffs, the Maryland Green Party and Libertarian Party of Maryland, allege that the COVID-19 pandemic and Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's ensuing executive orders have made petitioning unlawful and practically impossible i

CCD has filed an emergency action for relief from the petitioning requirements for political parties to become ballot-qualified in Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs -- the Libertarian, Green and Constitution parties of Pennsylvania -- allege that Pennsylvania's 5,000-signature petitioning requirement is unconstitutional as applied, because it is both unlawful and practically impossible to obtain signatures on nomination petitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Governor Wolf's en

Court Orders Illinois State Board of Elections to Place Libertarian, Green and Independent Candidate Plaintiffs on 2020 General Election Ballot for any Office for Which They Qualified in Either 2018 or 2016, and Lowers Signature Requirement and Extends Filing Deadline for All Others, Due to Coronavirus Public Health Crisis. UPDATE: On May 15, 2020 the District Court entered an order moving the filing deadline from August 7, 2020 to July 20, 2020, but otherwise leaving intact

The 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 challenging Arizona’s laws that make it practically impossible for the Arizona Libertarian Party to run candidates in the primary election, which means the candidates are excluded from the general election ballot. A “call for response” means the Court is interested in the case. #Arizona #SCOTUS #libertarians #certiorari

CCD files petition for certiorari in Arizona Libertarian Party v. Hobbs, No. 19-757, our case challenging the constitutionality of Arizona’s laws that make it practically impossible for the Arizona Libertarian Party to place candidates on the primary election ballot, thus excluding them from the general election ballot. #certiorari #Arizona #libertarians

USA Today has published Oliver Hall’s letter to the editor raising the question whether Hillary Clinton should drop out of the 2016 presidential election so she doesn’t “spoil” the race for Libertarian Gary Johnson. #lettertotheeditor #HillaryClinton #libertarians

SCOTUSblog selected CCD’s petition for certiorari in Libertarian Party of North Dakota v. Jaeger as its petition of the day. See the SCOTUSblog post. #libertarians #NorthDakota #certiorari #SCOTUSblog

On May 11, CCD legal counsel Oliver Hall will argue before the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of the Libertarian Party of North Dakota, in the Libertarians’ case challenging the North Dakota law that prevents the winners of the Libertarian Party primary from appearing on the ballot unless they receive a minimum number of votes equal, in some cases, to as much as 15 percent of the entire vote cast. #libertarians #NorthDakota

CCD files lawsuit in federal district court for North Dakota to challenge the constitutionality of a state law that bars winners of the North Dakota Libertarian Party’s primary election from appearing on the general election ballot, because they did not receive a specified minimum number of votes. The plaintiffs are the North Dakota Libertarian Party and three of its candidates for state legislature – Richard Ames, Thommy Passa and Anthony Stewart – each of whom was denied pl