Month: May 2020

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 in the state of Maryl

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 ensuing executive orde