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Join Us for a Direct Democracy Forum Tonight!
CCD founder and legal counsel Oliver Hall is pleased to join former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and others for the Citizen Advocacy...
Feb 3, 2021
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...
Nov 30, 2020
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...
Nov 3, 2020
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...
Oct 30, 2020
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...
Oct 28, 2020
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...
Oct 9, 2020
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...
Sep 24, 2020
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...
Aug 20, 2020
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...
Jun 24, 2020
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...
Jun 24, 2020
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