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.
Contact: Oliver B. Hall: 202-248-9294 (Attorney for Plaintiffs) Leon Lazaroff: 212-848-8107 Manager, Media & Communications Shearman & Sterling Court Holds That Texas’s 118-Year-Old Petitioning Proced
Voters often wonder why they find so few choices on the ballot. Is it because candidates aren't interested in running? Or because they don't try hard enough to qualify for the ballot? Maybe. Sometimes
On April 13, 2023, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its mandate confirming dismissal of the oldest pending ballot access case in the nation. The reason? The Court concluded that the Plainti
