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Join Us for a Panel Discussion on Direct Democracy in America

On December 1, 2020, CCD founder and legal counsel Oliver Hall will participate in a panel discussion on the status of initiatives and...

Business Insider Piece Exposes the Difficulty of Petitioning During a Pandemic

This spring, CCD filed a lawsuit to challenge Ohio's strict enforcement of its in-person petitioning requirements as applied during the...

Professor Etzioni Responds ... and CCD Replies

CCD published an open letter to Professor Amitai Etzioni in response to his letter in the New York Times asserting that "[a] few thousand...

An Open Letter to Professor Amitai Etzioni

Dear Professor Etzioni, Thank you for the open letter to “progressive non-voters” that you published as a paid advertisement in the New...

Correcting Misinformation in the Paper of Record

CCD frequently submits letters to the editor that are published in major news media. See here, here, here and here. When they are not...

Response to Gail Collins' NYT Column

CCD frequently submits letters to the editor that are published in major news media. See here, here, here and here. When they are not...

CCD Wins 7th Circuit Appeal in Case Granting Petitioning Relief In Illinois

On August 20, 2020 the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's order granting relief from petitioning requirements...

CCD Wins Ballot Relief for Minor Parties in MD

The federal district court for the district of Maryland has entered an order reducing Maryland's petitioning requirements for the Green...

CCD Wins 7th Circuit Appeal for IL Independent Candidates

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has granted CCD's appeal on behalf of David Gill, an independent candidate for U.S. House in...

CCD Secures Petitioning Relief in IL with 7th Circuit Win

On June 21, 2020 -- a Sunday -- the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals entered an order denying the State Board of Elections' motion to...